Discovery certificate for object 2016frt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4863 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 07:26:15
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 2016frt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:28:11.400 (202.0475) DEC = -27:10:35.62 (-27.176561)
Discovery date: 2016-08-11 18:48:57.000 (JD=2457612.2839931)


Remarks: candidate SN, declining transient near cluster galaxy 6dFGS gJ132812.4-271037

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-11 18:48:57.000
Flux: 17.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-09 07:24:57
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/2016frt