TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7924 [ 2017TNSTR..55....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-13 00:37:44
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 2017ik
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aby
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:41:25.900 (250.357917) DEC = +26:41:58.16 (26.699489)
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457762.7969907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J164125.90+264157.2

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 07:07:40.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-19 01:20:38
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/2017ik