Discovery certificate for object 2017eta
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12061 [ 2017TNSTR.662....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-16 07:10:57
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 2017eta
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:40:38.590 (130.160792) DEC = -35:51:39.71 (-35.861031)
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 01:42:14.000 (JD=2457919.5709954)


Remarks: gaia source brightens by ~4 mag, previous outburst in lightcurve, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-15 01:42:14.000
Flux: 16.05 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-09 20:25:26
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/2017eta