TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3475 [ 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 2016dvz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ajq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:53:01.700 (223.257083) DEC = +42:21:27.70 (42.357694)
Discovery date: 2016-03-29 14:39:50.000 (JD=2457477.1109954)


Remarks: 1mag increase in brightness of known SDSS QSO/Starburst galaxy at z=0.28

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-03-29 14:39:50.000
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-10-26 04:45:07
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/2016dvz