TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11524 [ 2017TNSTR.554....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-15 10:55:02
Sender: Gaia (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 2017ebg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bfk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:33:41.000 (278.420833) DEC = -38:45:43.42 (-38.762061)
Discovery date: 2017-05-10 20:36:57.000 (JD=2457884.3589931)
Remarks: blue transient on faint DSS source
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-10 20:36:57.000
Flux: 17.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-24 14:28:19
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/2017ebg
Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-15 10:55:02
Sender: Gaia (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 2017ebg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bfk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:33:41.000 (278.420833) DEC = -38:45:43.42 (-38.762061)
Discovery date: 2017-05-10 20:36:57.000 (JD=2457884.3589931)
Remarks: blue transient on faint DSS source
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-10 20:36:57.000
Flux: 17.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-24 14:28:19
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/2017ebg