TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10899 [ 2017TNSTR.454....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-20 13:58:41
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 2017dfp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bbi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:52:21.990 (283.091625) DEC = -15:43:04.12 (-15.717811)
Discovery date: 2017-04-18 18:20:09.000 (JD=2457862.2639931)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by 0.7 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-18 18:20:09.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-17 00:27:21
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/2017dfp