Discovery certificate for object 2016iym
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7396 [ 2016TNSTR1055....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-19 17:44:52
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 2016iym
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cdp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:03:00.870 (225.753625) DEC = -67:42:13.32 (-67.7037)
Discovery date: 2016-12-17 14:06:43.000 (JD=2457740.0879977)


Remarks: candidate CV - blue, rising, hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-17 14:06:43.000
Flux: 16.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-09 15:50:24
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/2016iym