TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3470 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:17:56
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2016dvu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ajx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:41:41.100 (250.42125) DEC = +26:55:31.30 (26.925361)
Discovery date: 2016-03-31 09:07:12.000 (JD=2457478.88)


Remarks: Candidate SN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-31 09:07:12.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-23 15:54:43
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/2016dvu