TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7673 [ 2017TNSTR..16....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-04 07:48:53
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 2017ac
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aap
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:15:04.250 (288.767708) DEC = +37:13:37.88 (37.227189)
Discovery date: 2017-01-01 18:31:40.000 (JD=2457755.2719907)


Remarks: hostless blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-01 18:31:40.000
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-23 12:54:43
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/2017ac