TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10408 [ 2017TNSTR.385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-01 12:22:57
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 2017cpm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17awe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:07:29.400 (316.8725) DEC = -25:04:25.68 (-25.0738)
Discovery date: 2017-03-27 14:26:52.000 (JD=2457840.1019907)


Remarks: blue transient near DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-27 14:26:52.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-08 18:34:33
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/2017cpm