Discovery certificate for object 2016fqo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4830 [ 2016TNSTR.620....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-02 16:46:49
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 2016fqo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bcv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:51:49.900 (162.957917) DEC = -56:43:57.04 (-56.732511)
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 04:23:31.000 (JD=2457626.6829977)


Remarks: candidate CV, blue hostless transient on the decline

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-26 04:23:31.000
Flux: 18.16 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-04 16:29:16
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/2016fqo