Discovery certificate for object 2016eqg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4057 [ 2016TNSTR.526....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-06 08:28:45
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2016eqg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16axu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:19:02.900 (274.762083) DEC = +09:55:42.70 (9.928528)
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 06:23:02.000 (JD=2457602.7659954)


Remarks: transient near GALEXASC J181902.95+095538.8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 06:23:02.000
Flux: 17.88 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-23 21:33:07
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2016eqg