Discovery certificate for object 2017atn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8999 [ 2017TNSTR.184....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-14 13:06:30
Sender: Gaia (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 2017atn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aix
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:28:55.280 (52.230333) DEC = -53:01:48.47 (-53.030131)
Discovery date: 2017-02-05 09:34:33.000 (JD=2457789.8989931)


Remarks: candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J03285525-5301464? GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-05 09:34:33.000
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-02 02:31:12
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/2017atn