TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10344 [ 2017TNSTR.371....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-29 14:12:18
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 2017cnm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:29:06.580 (292.277417) DEC = -29:22:36.12 (-29.3767)
Discovery date: 2017-03-22 06:48:57.000 (JD=2457834.7839931)


Remarks: blue transient on DSS2 smudge, candidate SN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-22 06:48:57.000
Flux: 18.52 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-07 06:08:38
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/2017cnm