TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7229 [ 2016TNSTR1014....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-07 10:50:09
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 2016isu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bzs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:20:47.220 (50.19675) DEC = -45:47:44.38 (-45.795661)
Discovery date: 2016-12-01 09:00:00.000 (JD=2457723.875)


Remarks: candidate SN in the outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J03204705-4547375

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-01 09:00:00.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-04 22:45:07
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/2016isu