TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9945 [ 2017TNSTR.285....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-08 09:16:35
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 2017caa
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17apg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:03:46.180 (60.942417) DEC = -24:56:06.43 (-24.935119)
Discovery date: 2017-03-04 15:27:21.000 (JD=2457817.1439931)


Remarks: blue hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-04 15:27:21.000
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-07 08:19:40
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/2017caa