TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7474 [ 2016TNSTR1083....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-25 10:34:50
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 2016jbe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cfg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:28:11.100 (322.04625) DEC = -45:16:11.57 (-45.269881)
Discovery date: 2016-12-17 08:57:07.000 (JD=2457739.8729977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 528605

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-17 08:57:07.000
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-07 16:00:28
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/2016jbe