TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6705 [ 2016TNSTR.917....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-14 14:06:21
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 2016ibd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bsy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:31:49.270 (277.955292) DEC = -21:58:44.15 (-21.978931)
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 10:32:09.000 (JD=2457697.9389931)


Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-05 10:32:09.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-17 00:21:36
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/2016ibd