TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4882 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 16:39:55
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 2016fsk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16beo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:12.820 (206.803417) DEC = -34:27:05.22 (-34.45145)
Discovery date: 2016-08-31 22:59:31.000 (JD=2457632.4579977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J13471269-3427070 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-08-31 22:59:31.000
Flux: 18.36 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-09 17:11:02
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/2016fsk