TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10536 [ 2017TNSTR.396....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-04 09:12:46
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 2017cub
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17axh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:21:18.200 (155.325833) DEC = +27:55:48.79 (27.930219)
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 16:00:28.000 (JD=2457846.1669907)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy SDSS J102117.87+275548.0

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 16:00:28.000
Flux: 18.36 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-30 14:19:40
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/2017cub