TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8816 [ 2017TNSTR.173....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-10 12:39:09
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 2017amu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aht
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:46:28.790 (266.619958) DEC = -18:17:52.30 (-18.297861)
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 07:42:14.000 (JD=2457784.8209954)


Remarks: transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-31 07:42:14.000
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-02 06:23:02
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/2017amu