TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7491 [ 2016TNSTR1089....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-27 15:46:11
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 2016jbu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cfr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:36:25.960 (114.108167) DEC = -69:32:55.25 (-69.548681)
Discovery date: 2016-12-01 14:18:14.000 (JD=2457724.0959954)


Remarks: (rising) candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ073634.4-693109

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-01 14:18:14.000
Flux: 19.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-02 10:56:38
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/2016jbu