TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 4891 [ 2016TNSTR.627....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-04 21:03:24
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 2016fst
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bex
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:13:13.370 (213.305708) DEC = -33:09:27.25 (-33.157569)
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 11:02:24.000 (JD=2457633.96)


Remarks: candidate AGN, possible brightening of UV source GALEXASC J141313.54-330925.8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-02 11:02:24.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-09 13:03:21
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/2016fst