TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9575 [ 2017TNSTR.256....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-27 11:11:16
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 2017bmy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17anq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:43:19.930 (40.833042) DEC = -56:11:45.38 (-56.195939)
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 07:40:48.000 (JD=2457790.82)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy LEDA 402250

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 07:40:48.000
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-01 04:22:04
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/2017bmy