Discovery certificate for object 2016ifi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6826 [ 2016TNSTR.928....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-17 19:41:09
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 2016ifi
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bvp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:32:37.780 (278.157417) DEC = +16:19:07.64 (16.318789)
Discovery date: 2016-11-16 05:08:09.000 (JD=2457708.7139931)


Remarks: blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-16 05:08:09.000
Flux: 18.21 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-22 18:54:43
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/2016ifi