TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7219 [ 2016TNSTR1014....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-07 10:07:10
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 2016ism
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bzh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:29:52.550 (217.468958) DEC = +23:19:36.77 (23.326881)
Discovery date: 2016-11-18 18:05:45.000 (JD=2457711.2539931)


Remarks: candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J14295201+2319402

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-11-18 18:05:45.000
Flux: 19.59 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-18 13:52:19
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/2016ism