Discovery certificate for object 2016ium
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7278 [ 2016TNSTR1028....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-10 19:11:52
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 2016ium
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cbi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:09.550 (206.789792) DEC = -45:51:21.35 (-45.855931)
Discovery date: 2016-12-08 03:21:36.000 (JD=2457730.64)


Remarks: blue transient near DSS object

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-08 03:21:36.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-08 01:35:02
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/2016ium