TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5362 [ 2016TNSTR.693....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-20 09:36:23
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 2016gjo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16biq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:00:05.920 (270.024667) DEC = +00:26:54.74 (0.448539)
Discovery date: 2016-09-18 11:22:33.000 (JD=2457649.9739931)


Remarks: transient on very faint smudge in SDSS

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-18 11:22:33.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-08 02:03:50
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/2016gjo