TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11525 [ 2017TNSTR.554....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-15 10:57:51
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 2017ebh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bfl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:50:41.810 (297.674208) DEC = +08:28:19.56 (8.4721)
Discovery date: 2017-05-09 23:55:40.000 (JD=2457883.4969907)


Remarks: transient on faint DSS source near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-09 23:55:40.000
Flux: 17.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-11 19:53:45
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/2017ebh