Discovery certificate for object 2016iio
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6927 [ 2016TNSTR.943....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-22 17:08:09
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 2016iio
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bwz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:30:00.900 (97.50375) DEC = -26:47:03.80 (-26.784389)
Discovery date: 2016-10-24 02:25:26.000 (JD=2457685.6009954)


Remarks: rising transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-24 02:25:26.000
Flux: 19.72 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-24 02:38:24
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/2016iio