TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10534 [ 2017TNSTR.396....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-04 08:09:21
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 2017ctz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17axf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:49:00.040 (342.250167) DEC = -44:48:42.98 (-44.811939)
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457845.7969907)


Remarks: candidate SN near centre of galaxy LCRS B224605.2-450437, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 07:07:40.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 09:05:45
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/2017ctz