Discovery certificate for object 2017eyu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12234 [ 2017TNSTR.696....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-26 07:02:51
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 2017eyu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:52:19.500 (133.08125) DEC = -08:17:29.72 (-8.291589)
Discovery date: 2017-06-24 03:41:45.000 (JD=2457928.6539931)


Remarks: blue transient 0.46 arcsec from Cataclysmic Binary candidate CRTS CSS100216 J085219-081730, rising

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-24 03:41:45.000
Flux: 19.98 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-13 10:37:55
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/2017eyu