Discovery certificate for object 2017bya
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9881 [ 2017TNSTR.267....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-03 08:10:04
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 2017bya
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aol
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:00:49.170 (210.204875) DEC = +01:38:31.81 (1.642169)
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457813.7969907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J140049.22+013833.3

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-01 07:07:40.000
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-16 20:47:02
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/2017bya