TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3474 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:17:56
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 2016dvy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ajt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:42:39.500 (115.664583) DEC = +09:10:43.50 (9.17875)
Discovery date: 2016-03-31 13:03:21.000 (JD=2457479.0439931)


Remarks: Candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-31 13:03:21.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-10 08:45:36
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/2016dvy