TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5718 [ 2016TNSTR.755....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-04 16:51:18
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 2016gvv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bkv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:37:52.750 (129.469792) DEC = -55:46:57.25 (-55.782569)
Discovery date: 2016-10-02 14:58:33.000 (JD=2457664.1239931)


Remarks: candidate SN near 2MASX J08375194-5546546 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-02 14:58:33.000
Flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-23 11:51:21
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/2016gvv