TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9716 [ 2017TNSTR.264....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-01 13:21:50
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 2017bsc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17any
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:51:10.070 (27.791958) DEC = -03:29:47.00 (-3.496389)
Discovery date: 2017-02-17 11:35:31.000 (JD=2457801.9829977)


Remarks: rising candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy MCG-01-05-042

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-17 11:35:31.000
Flux: 19.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-12 04:59:31
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/2017bsc