TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4502 [ 2016TNSTR.584....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-08-23 11:38:43
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 2016ffj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:34:32.700 (158.63625) DEC = -38:51:34.80 (-38.859667)
Discovery date: 2016-08-21 16:27:50.000 (JD=2457622.1859954)


Remarks: candidate CV, brightening blue hostless transient (previously seen by MASTER)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-21 16:27:50.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-09 10:26:24
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/2016ffj