TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10334 [ 2017TNSTR.371....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-29 07:46:58
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 2017cnc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17atu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:50:28.340 (102.618083) DEC = +38:46:15.46 (38.770961)
Discovery date: 2017-03-21 22:04:48.000 (JD=2457834.42)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 2136126, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-21 22:04:48.000
Flux: 18.87 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-03 21:10:04
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/2017cnc