TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10245 [ 2017TNSTR.362....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-27 06:53:09
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 2017ckm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17atp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:17:49.040 (319.454333) DEC = +23:51:37.51 (23.860419)
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 07:30:43.000 (JD=2457832.8129977)


Remarks: Gaia source brightened by ~2.5 mag and got bluer, now declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 07:30:43.000
Flux: 17.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-14 00:07:12
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/2017ckm