Discovery certificate for object 2016ghr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5310 [ 2016TNSTR.685....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-16 12:46:17
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 2016ghr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bhi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:24:59.420 (276.247583) DEC = -52:37:54.05 (-52.631681)
Discovery date: 2016-09-09 16:35:02.000 (JD=2457641.1909954)


Remarks: blue transient 30 arcsecs from 9th mag star

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-09 16:35:02.000
Flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-05 00:14:24
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/2016ghr