TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3701 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:37:17
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 2016edn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16asy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:59:09.500 (329.789583) DEC = -46:42:33.80 (-46.709389)
Discovery date: 2016-06-23 03:48:57.000 (JD=2457562.6589931)


Remarks: candidate SN close to 2MASX J21590962-4642422

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-23 03:48:57.000
Flux: 17.03 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-11 17:54:14
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/2016edn