TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7128 [ 2016TNSTR.970....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-11-29 15:20:03
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 2016iph
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16byx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:05:39.660 (151.41525) DEC = -45:05:35.84 (-45.093289)
Discovery date: 2016-11-27 09:34:33.000 (JD=2457719.8989931)


Remarks: candidate CV, hostless blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-27 09:34:33.000
Flux: 17.36 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-18 14:57:07
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/2016iph