TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7667 [ 2017TNSTR..13....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-03 22:30:12
Date made public:
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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 2017Z
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aaj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:08:26.290 (47.109542) DEC = -54:27:48.67 (-54.463519)
Discovery date: 2017-01-01 14:34:04.000 (JD=2457755.1069907)


Remarks: candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J03082637-5427453, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-01 14:34:04.000
Flux: 18.39 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-03 02:55:40
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/2017Z