TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7634 [ 2017TNSTR...1....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-01 20:05:30
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 2016jgn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:58:37.760 (284.657333) DEC = +46:39:32.44 (46.659011)
Discovery date: 2016-12-31 00:40:19.000 (JD=2457753.5279977)


Remarks: blue transient near faint DSS object

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2016-12-31 00:40:19.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-26 01:00:28
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/2016jgn