Discovery certificate for object 2016gip
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5337 [ 2016TNSTR.689....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-19 13:16:17
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 2016gip
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16big
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:17:56.550 (304.485625) DEC = -34:54:49.54 (-34.913761)
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 06:24:28.000 (JD=2457648.7669907)


Remarks: blue transient near galaxy 2MASX J20175657-3454530

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 06:24:28.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-05 23:49:55
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/2016gip