TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5719 [ 2016TNSTR.755....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-04 16:58:09
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 2016gvw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bkw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:17:45.030 (139.437625) DEC = -19:06:08.28 (-19.1023)
Discovery date: 2016-10-02 04:04:48.000 (JD=2457663.67)


Remarks: candidate CV, hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-02 04:04:48.000
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-06-25 13:24:57
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/2016gvw