TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3824 [ 2016TNSTR.485....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-25 10:36:19
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: SN 2016ehy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16avm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:19:55.900 (229.982917) DEC = +05:24:19.20 (5.405333)
Discovery date: 2016-07-19 00:04:19.000 (JD=2457588.5029977)


Remarks: candidate SN near very faint host galaxy SDSS J151955.92+052418.9, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-19 00:04:19.000
Flux: 17.64 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-02-24 22:20:38
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/2016ehy