TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10588 [ 2017TNSTR.400....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-05 12:55:39
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 2017cvt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17axs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:35:23.940 (128.84975) DEC = -38:10:41.84 (-38.178289)
Discovery date: 2017-04-03 14:48:28.000 (JD=2457847.1169907)


Remarks: transient near DSS blob in galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-03 14:48:28.000
Flux: 16.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-10 04:30:43
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/2017cvt