Discovery certificate for object 2017esn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12047 [ 2017TNSTR.658....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-15 06:53:21
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 2017esn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bnp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:03:53.850 (195.974375) DEC = -19:09:46.22 (-19.162839)
Discovery date: 2017-06-13 16:33:35.000 (JD=2457918.1899884)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J13035421-1909343, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia at t=0

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-13 16:33:35.000
Flux: 17.78 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-30 04:26:24
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/2017esn