TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3707 [ 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 2016edt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16ass
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:49:16.100 (162.317083) DEC = +58:20:40.10 (58.344472)
Discovery date: 2016-06-22 00:53:16.000 (JD=2457561.5369907)


Remarks: candidate supernova in outskirts of galaxy UGC 05919, z=0.028

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-06-22 00:53:16.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-05-14 15:07:12
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/2016edt