Discovery certificate for object 2016hyw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6638 [ 2016TNSTR.900....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-08 16:07:15
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 2016hyw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bse
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:02:38.250 (270.659375) DEC = -57:57:31.32 (-57.9587)
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 09:59:02.000 (JD=2457672.9159954)


Remarks: blue transient on faint DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 09:59:02.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-08 00:25:55
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/2016hyw