Discovery certificate for object 2016gin
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5335 [ 2016TNSTR.689....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-19 11:59:31
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 2016gin
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bie
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:51:39.180 (102.91325) DEC = +19:49:01.99 (19.817219)
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 03:41:45.000 (JD=2457648.6539931)


Remarks: blue transient near galaxy 2MASX J06513889+1949023

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 03:41:45.000
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-29 08:35:31
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/2016gin