TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10335 [ 2017TNSTR.371....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-29 07:50:41
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 2017cnd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17atv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:16:10.280 (319.042833) DEC = +21:20:13.99 (21.337219)
Discovery date: 2017-03-21 07:33:36.000 (JD=2457833.815)


Remarks: transient near faint extened source in SDD

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-21 07:33:36.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-12 18:07:12
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/2017cnd