TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 3918 [ 2016TNSTR.500....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-07-30 17:35:42
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 2016ele
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16awy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:21:24.400 (215.351667) DEC = -84:31:30.60 (-84.525167)
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 04:36:28.000 (JD=2457597.6919907)


Remarks: candidate SN, apparently hostless

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-07-28 04:36:28.000
Flux: 18.13 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-29 06:25:55
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/2016ele