TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4229 [ 2016TNSTR.550....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-11 19:36:40
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 2016ewl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16azk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:32:21.000 (83.0875) DEC = +03:57:31.50 (3.95875)
Discovery date: 2016-08-08 15:00:00.000 (JD=2457609.125)


Remarks: candidate bright CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-08 15:00:00.000
Flux: 15.35 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-29 08:51:21
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/2016ewl