Discovery certificate for object 2016eun
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4174 [ 2016TNSTR.541....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-09 13:50:05
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 2016eun
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ayl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:41:13.900 (280.307917) DEC = +13:36:11.50 (13.603194)
Discovery date: 2016-08-04 06:30:14.000 (JD=2457604.7709954)


Remarks: transient near DSS source in Galactic Plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-04 06:30:14.000
Flux: 17.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-24 17:13:55
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/2016eun