TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11626 [ 2017TNSTR.574....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-21 10:30:41
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 2017eev
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bhz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:18:56.200 (274.734167) DEC = -63:36:36.90 (-63.61025)
Discovery date: 2017-04-29 07:07:40.000 (JD=2457872.7969907)


Remarks: candidate SN, rising, near galaxy LEDA 330847

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-04-29 07:07:40.000
Flux: 19.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-24 21:14:24
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/2017eev