TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3737 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:38:49
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 2016eet
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ato
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:19:18.800 (169.828333) DEC = +31:54:57.50 (31.915972)
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 12:33:07.000 (JD=2457577.0229977)


Remarks: candidate SN near SDSS J111918.34+315452.1 GSTEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 12:33:07.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-13 20:24:00
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/2016eet