TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8023 [ 2017TNSTR..72....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-19 18:06:31
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 2017lr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aeg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:28:15.540 (262.06475) DEC = +10:48:39.67 (10.811019)
Discovery date: 2017-01-17 07:06:14.000 (JD=2457770.7959954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J17281576+1048435

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-17 07:06:14.000
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-09 18:57:36
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/2017lr