Discovery certificate for object 2017cfh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10098 [ 2017TNSTR.314....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-17 13:42:26
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 2017cfh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17arb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:49:04.420 (282.268417) DEC = +14:50:44.88 (14.8458)
Discovery date: 2017-03-12 18:12:57.000 (JD=2457825.2589931)


Remarks: candidate CV, rising blue hostless transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-12 18:12:57.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-16 06:50:23
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/2017cfh