TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11371 [ 2017TNSTR.519....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-04 08:31:15
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 2017dwf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bdr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:26:58.610 (261.744208) DEC = -74:47:58.20 (-74.7995)
Discovery date: 2017-05-01 13:20:38.000 (JD=2457875.0559954)


Remarks: erratically variable old source increases by > 1 mag, close to radio source PMN J1727-7447

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-01 13:20:38.000
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-20 04:07:40
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/2017dwf