TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10803 [ 2017TNSTR.444....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-17 15:41:16
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 2017dcj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:44:34.860 (101.14525) DEC = +02:31:11.57 (2.519881)
Discovery date: 2017-04-16 09:04:19.000 (JD=2457859.8779977)


Remarks: 1.5 mag increase in Galactic plane Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-16 09:04:19.000
Flux: 18.15 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-19 09:43:12
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/2017dcj