TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4296 [ 2016TNSTR.561....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-14 08:08:27
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 2016eyt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bag
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:02:44.100 (120.68375) DEC = -25:37:33.30 (-25.625917)
Discovery date: 2016-08-11 09:47:31.000 (JD=2457611.9079977)


Remarks: candidate CV, hostless blue transient in Galactic plane, lightcurve rising

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-11 09:47:31.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-11 03:47:31
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/2016eyt