Discovery certificate for object 2016fdz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4461 [ 2016TNSTR.573....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-19 21:30:17
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 2016fdz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bbq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:40:35.100 (25.14625) DEC = +03:21:55.20 (3.365333)
Discovery date: 2016-08-18 08:29:45.000 (JD=2457618.8539931)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-18 08:29:45.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-12 10:36:28
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/2016fdz