TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6733 [ 2016TNSTR.920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-15 15:33:50
Date made public:
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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 2016icd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bua
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:25:13.440 (186.306) DEC = +34:28:55.78 (34.482161)
Discovery date: 2016-11-12 06:28:48.000 (JD=2457704.77)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J122513.79+342852.0, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-12 06:28:48.000
Flux: 18.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-12 08:28:19
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/2016icd