TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9939 [ 2017TNSTR.285....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-08 08:41:13
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 2017bzu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aoz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:10:59.660 (32.748583) DEC = +10:35:10.82 (10.586339)
Discovery date: 2017-03-04 22:09:07.000 (JD=2457817.4229977)


Remarks: candidate CV, declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-04 22:09:07.000
Flux: 18.18 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-17 16:06:14
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/2017bzu