TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3706 [ 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 2016eds
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16asv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:04:12.400 (331.051667) DEC = -52:45:02.80 (-52.750778)
Discovery date: 2016-06-24 03:56:09.000 (JD=2457563.6639931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J22041191-5245130

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-24 03:56:09.000
Flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-12 16:13:26
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/2016eds