Discovery certificate for object 2017cnq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10349 [ 2017TNSTR.375....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-30 07:57:46
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 2017cnq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:10:39.040 (302.662667) DEC = -12:36:10.80 (-12.603)
Discovery date: 2017-03-22 08:13:55.000 (JD=2457834.8429977)


Remarks: blue transient close to faint SDSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-22 08:13:55.000
Flux: 17.61 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-12 06:17:16
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/2017cnq