TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7626 [ 2016TNSTR1109....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2016-12-31 17:21:23
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 2016jgh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16cgm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:24:58.870 (111.245292) DEC = -45:06:03.67 (-45.101019)
Discovery date: 2016-12-30 07:53:45.000 (JD=2457752.8289931)


Remarks: hostless, declining, blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-30 07:53:45.000
Flux: 18.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-25 16:01:55
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/2016jgh