Discovery certificate for object 2016gim
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5334 [ 2016TNSTR.689....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-19 11:58:09
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 2016gim
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bid
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:33:10.170 (233.292375) DEC = +27:53:05.35 (27.884819)
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 00:00:00.000 (JD=2457648.5)


Remarks: blue transient near galaxy SDSS J153310.08+275307.9

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 00:00:00.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-20 13:56:38
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/2016gim