Gaia16amd: a new SU UMa-type dwarf nova
According to the data from TRANSIENT Name Service (TNS), Gaia16amd/AT 2016dyj was discovered on 2016-05-01 15:21:36.000 by A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team
Our follow-up observations were obtained on 21/22 August, 2026 with the 0.7-m f/4 AZT-8 telescope at the Observational Station Lisnyky of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the C14 f/7 telescope at Franz-Josef Hambsch's Remote Observatory Atacama Desert (ROAD) in Chile, the 0.6-m f/6.5 ADYU60 reflector at the Observatory of Adıyaman University and 0.7-m f/6.5 Planewave CDK-700 telescope of Planetarium Slaskie in Chorzow. On the reulted lightcurve we can clearly detected superhumps. The measured superhump period is Psh = 0.0878(8)d. The results were published in The Astronomer's Telegram.
Light curve obtained on 16/17 August 2026 and processed with BHTOM
Period determination for the data obtained on 16/17 of August 2026
Superhump period determined from the data obtained on 16/17 August 2026