TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9955 [ 2017TNSTR.285....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-08 13:58:54
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 2017caj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17app
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:31:39.860 (217.916083) DEC = -06:38:40.09 (-6.644469)
Discovery date: 2017-03-05 13:14:52.000 (JD=2457818.0519907)


Remarks: hostless, blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-05 13:14:52.000
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-15 20:54:14
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/2017caj