TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 6802 [ 2016TNSTR.924....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-16 17:17:40
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 2016iep
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:39:10.670 (324.794458) DEC = -16:37:56.71 (-16.632419)
Discovery date: 2016-11-13 22:14:52.000 (JD=2457706.4269907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2dFGRS TGS830Z317

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-13 22:14:52.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-06 04:52:19
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/2016iep