TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3447 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:16:15
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 2016dvc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ais
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:49:33.800 (327.390833) DEC = -46:08:00.40 (-46.133444)
Discovery date: 2016-03-20 12:24:28.000 (JD=2457468.0169907)


Remarks: Candidate SN in 2MASX J21493438-4608021 GSTEC predicts SN IIn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-20 12:24:28.000
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-12-18 02:11:02
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/2016dvc