TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3578 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:23:36
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 2016dzn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ant
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:31:30.100 (142.875417) DEC = +32:32:57.80 (32.549389)
Discovery date: 2016-05-09 00:56:09.000 (JD=2457517.5389931)


Remarks: SN candidate in outskirts of galaxy SDSS J093129.96+323251.5, GSTEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-05-09 00:56:09.000
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-02 07:33:36
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/2016dzn