TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5329 [ 2016TNSTR.689....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-19 11:48:36
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 2016gih
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bhy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:02:58.080 (135.742) DEC = +40:00:06.26 (40.001739)
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 09:04:19.000 (JD=2457648.8779977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J09025813+4000023

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-17 09:04:19.000
Flux: 17.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-05 01:33:36
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/2016gih