TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10000 [ 2017TNSTR.295....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-10 09:21:09
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 2017cby
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17apz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:18:20.580 (154.58575) DEC = -44:29:15.94 (-44.487761)
Discovery date: 2017-03-07 14:22:33.000 (JD=2457820.0989931)


Remarks: hostless blue transient, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-07 14:22:33.000
Flux: 18.23 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-21 03:08:38
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/2017cby