TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3509 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:19:08
Date made public:
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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 2016dxe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16aki
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:59:10.600 (239.794167) DEC = +14:38:29.40 (14.6415)
Discovery date: 2016-04-06 03:14:24.000 (JD=2457484.635)


Remarks: Candidate SN in SDSS J155910.36+143829.4 GSTEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-04-06 03:14:24.000
Flux: 18.52 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-24 16:09:07
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/2016dxe