TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7618 [ 2016TNSTR1109....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-31 09:45:48
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 2016jfz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cgg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:57:53.600 (329.473333) DEC = -27:03:25.27 (-27.057019)
Discovery date: 2016-12-18 11:03:50.000 (JD=2457740.9609954)


Remarks: SN candidate in galaxy 2dFGRS TGS172Z230

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-18 11:03:50.000
Flux: 18.08 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-12 04:06:14
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/2016jfz