Discovery certificate for object 2016hmy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6238 [ 2016TNSTR.836....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-27 11:05:01
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 2016hmy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bpb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:08:00.300 (182.00125) DEC = -57:42:23.51 (-57.706531)
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 03:17:16.000 (JD=2457681.6369907)


Remarks: candidate CV, rising blue hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-20 03:17:16.000
Flux: 17.62 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-10 17:02:24
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/2016hmy