TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8996 [ 2017TNSTR.184....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-14 12:59:15
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 2017atk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aiu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:31:31.210 (202.880042) DEC = +63:27:31.39 (63.458719)
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 10:36:28.000 (JD=2457790.9419907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J133130.96+632743.1, GS-TEC predicts SN IIn

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 10:36:28.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 23:44:09
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/2017atk