TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3735 [ 2016TNSTR.481....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-22 11:38:49
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 2016eer
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16atq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:10:31.300 (332.630417) DEC = -53:53:20.80 (-53.889111)
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 11:54:14.000 (JD=2457576.9959954)


Remarks: candidate SN, hostless, GSTEC predict SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-07 11:54:14.000
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-23 23:38:24
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/2016eer