TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9869 [ 2017TNSTR.266....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-02 19:14:37
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 2017bxp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aoa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:03:31.920 (225.883) DEC = +31:37:19.74 (31.62215)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 00:33:07.000 (JD=2457813.5229977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J150331.96+313720.8 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 00:33:07.000
Flux: 18.88 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-07 05:41:16
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/2017bxp