TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10802 [ 2017TNSTR.444....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-17 15:38:07
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 2017dci
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bal
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:00:37.590 (90.156625) DEC = -08:09:44.93 (-8.162481)
Discovery date: 2017-04-15 20:47:02.000 (JD=2457859.3659954)


Remarks: >2 mag outburst in known CV CSS080207 J060038-080945

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-15 20:47:02.000
Flux: 17.21 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-27 20:36:57
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/2017dci