TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4886 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 20:18:06
Date made public:
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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 2016fso
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bes
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:18:55.260 (34.73025) DEC = +52:00:03.10 (52.000861)
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 01:48:00.000 (JD=2457633.575)


Remarks: blue hostless transient GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 01:48:00.000
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-05 03:44:38
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/2016fso