TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10722 [ 2017TNSTR.437....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-15 08:10:15
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 2017dad
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17azr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:04:08.600 (241.035833) DEC = +33:47:07.87 (33.785519)
Discovery date: 2017-04-12 17:15:21.000 (JD=2457856.2189931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J160408.57+334713.4 on very faint star SDSS J160408.60+334707.9

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-12 17:15:21.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-03 06:24:28
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/2017dad