TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11367 [ 2017TNSTR.519....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-04 08:18:38
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 2017dwb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bdn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:23.900 (85.349583) DEC = -26:23:14.17 (-26.387269)
Discovery date: 2017-05-01 02:31:12.000 (JD=2457874.605)


Remarks: candidate SN close to centre of galaxy LEDA 768387

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-01 02:31:12.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-12 10:17:45
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/2017dwb