TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6307 [ 2016TNSTR.845....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-29 10:15:04
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 2016hpg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bpl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:08:56.420 (107.235083) DEC = -18:37:43.75 (-18.628819)
Discovery date: 2016-09-24 10:13:26.000 (JD=2457655.9259954)


Remarks: candidate CV, declining blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-09-24 10:13:26.000
Flux: 16.04 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-11 05:19:40
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/2016hpg