TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10414 [ 2017TNSTR.385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-01 13:31:35
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 2017cps
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17awk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:31:34.420 (142.893417) DEC = -36:13:26.44 (-36.224011)
Discovery date: 2017-03-29 10:36:28.000 (JD=2457841.9419907)


Remarks: blue transient near DSS blob

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-29 10:36:28.000
Flux: 18.52 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-13 16:26:24
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/2017cps