TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9577 [ 2017TNSTR.256....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-27 11:17:09
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 2017bna
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ans
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:18:32.740 (184.636417) DEC = -57:40:28.60 (-57.674611)
Discovery date: 2017-02-25 08:05:16.000 (JD=2457809.8369907)


Remarks: hostless transient near galactic plane, got bluer

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-25 08:05:16.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-24 07:03:21
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/2017bna