TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4274 [ 2016TNSTR.555....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-12 19:39:51
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 2016exz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16azv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:20:50.300 (95.209583) DEC = -08:29:54.40 (-8.498444)
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 21:11:31.000 (JD=2457603.3829977)


Remarks: candidate red SN in outskirts of UGCA 127

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-02 21:11:31.000
Flux: 19.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-04-24 02:12:28
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/2016exz