TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3704 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:37:17
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 2016edq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16asx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:14:02.500 (138.510417) DEC = -04:28:12.80 (-4.470222)
Discovery date: 2016-06-08 07:30:43.000 (JD=2457547.8129977)


Remarks: candidate SN close to GALEXASC J091402.90-042825.8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-08 07:30:43.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-04 02:06:43
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/2016edq