TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5175 [ 2016TNSTR.651....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-09-09 13:35:17
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 2016gcu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bfo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:52:51.950 (88.216458) DEC = +69:46:35.69 (69.776581)
Discovery date: 2016-09-05 07:20:38.000 (JD=2457636.8059954)


Remarks: source brightens by ~1.8 mags, possible CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-05 07:20:38.000
Flux: 18.13 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-25 03:28:48
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/2016gcu