TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3370 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:00:07
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 2016dsq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aft
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:51:26.200 (312.859167) DEC = +44:05:23.80 (44.089944)
Discovery date: 2016-02-22 16:43:40.000 (JD=2457441.1969907)


Remarks: Outburst >6mag of V2492Cyg - known eruptive star

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-02-22 16:43:40.000
Flux: 14.08 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-01-11 09:25:55
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/2016dsq