TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6434 [ 2016TNSTR.875....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-03 14:54:36
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 2016htd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bqu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:34:52.260 (83.71775) DEC = +01:03:12.42 (1.05345)
Discovery date: 2016-10-25 07:59:31.000 (JD=2457686.8329977)


Remarks: candidate SN in Galaxy 2MASX J05345201+0103102, GS-TEC predicts SN IIP

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-25 07:59:31.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-17 04:10:33
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/2016htd