TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8496 [ 2017TNSTR.140....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-02 18:22:31
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 2017abo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17agy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:29.030 (244.370958) DEC = -50:30:39.82 (-50.511061)
Discovery date: 2017-01-27 12:30:14.000 (JD=2457781.0209954)


Remarks: 0.7 mag brightening in red Galactic Plane source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-27 12:30:14.000
Flux: 16.41 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-25 10:03:21
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/2017abo