Discovery certificate for object 2017cge
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10122 [ 2017TNSTR.321....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-18 19:48:05
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 2017cge
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ark
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:49:56.600 (282.485833) DEC = +13:20:03.95 (13.334431)
Discovery date: 2017-03-13 01:59:31.000 (JD=2457825.5829977)


Remarks: transient near galactic plane, initially blue, changed colour

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-13 01:59:31.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-15 23:03:50
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/2017cge