TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10888 [ 2017TNSTR.454....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-20 08:27:21
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 2017dfe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bay
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:37:24.250 (339.351042) DEC = -39:04:55.09 (-39.081969)
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 08:47:02.000 (JD=2457845.8659954)


Remarks: hostless, blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-02 08:47:02.000
Flux: 20.56 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 16:58:04
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/2017dfe