TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8474 [ 2017TNSTR.140....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-02 12:01:53
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 2016jhe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17agv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:07:30.120 (136.8755) DEC = -64:37:18.59 (-64.621831)
Discovery date: 2016-12-24 21:44:38.000 (JD=2457747.4059954)


Remarks: new source 3.48 arcsec from UV source GALEXASC J090729.60-643717.7, getting fainter

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-24 21:44:38.000
Flux: 18.24 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-30 20:06:43
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/2016jhe