TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6439 [ 2016TNSTR.875....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-03 15:22:43
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 2016hti
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bqz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:02:36.690 (210.652875) DEC = -72:03:04.07 (-72.051131)
Discovery date: 2016-10-25 15:31:40.000 (JD=2457687.1469907)


Remarks: hostless transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-25 15:31:40.000
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-08 23:22:33
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/2016hti