TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10357 [ 2017TNSTR.375....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-30 13:05:25
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 2017cnx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aun
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:24:47.970 (291.199875) DEC = -19:06:29.27 (-19.108131)
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 14:25:26.000 (JD=2457833.1009954)


Remarks: > 0.5 mag brightening of Gaia source on top of faint DSS2 smudge

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 14:25:26.000
Flux: 19.04 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-10-30 23:11:02
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/2017cnx