TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6386 [ 2016TNSTR.859....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-01 12:22:16
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 2016hrl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bqb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:17:12.690 (274.302875) DEC = +07:23:32.89 (7.392469)
Discovery date: 2016-10-22 12:46:04.000 (JD=2457684.0319907)


Remarks: candidate SN near DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-22 12:46:04.000
Flux: 18.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-09 14:12:28
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/2016hrl