TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 5978 [ 2016TNSTR.795....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-14 09:34:47
Sender: Gaia (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 2016heu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bnb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:00:43.340 (30.180583) DEC = +63:46:33.89 (63.776081)
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 06:36:00.000 (JD=2457672.775)
Remarks: blue Gaia transient, near DSS smudge (SDSS source visible)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 06:36:00.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-01 03:23:02
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/2016heu
Date Received (UTC): 2016-10-14 09:34:47
Sender: Gaia (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 2016heu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia16bnb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:00:43.340 (30.180583) DEC = +63:46:33.89 (63.776081)
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 06:36:00.000 (JD=2457672.775)
Remarks: blue Gaia transient, near DSS smudge (SDSS source visible)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-10-11 06:36:00.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-01 03:23:02
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/2016heu