Discovery certificate for object 2017coc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10362 [ 2017TNSTR.379....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-31 09:07:35
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 2017coc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aur
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:18:17.220 (109.57175) DEC = +55:43:58.15 (55.732819)
Discovery date: 2017-03-25 04:19:12.000 (JD=2457837.68)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J07181739+5543583

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-25 04:19:12.000
Flux: 17.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-12 19:07:40
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/2017coc