Discovery certificate for object 2016fry
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4868 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 13:01:02
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 2016fry
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bec
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:53:07.750 (193.282292) DEC = -57:03:25.02 (-57.05695)
Discovery date: 2016-08-29 22:35:02.000 (JD=2457630.4409954)


Remarks: source dims by ~2 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-29 22:35:02.000
Flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-04 18:36:00
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/2016fry