TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10424 [ 2017TNSTR.385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-01 16:57:44
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 2017cqb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17awt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:33:47.540 (143.448083) DEC = -12:36:23.36 (-12.606489)
Discovery date: 2017-03-29 21:14:24.000 (JD=2457842.385)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-29 21:14:24.000
Flux: 18.61 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-08 21:07:12
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/2017cqb