TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3536 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:20:21
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 2016dyd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16alj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:04:11.400 (256.0475) DEC = +11:08:15.20 (11.137556)
Discovery date: 2016-04-18 11:16:48.000 (JD=2457496.97)


Remarks: SN candidate, apparently hostless

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-04-18 11:16:48.000
Flux: 18.72 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-27 11:47:02
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/2016dyd