Discovery certificate for object 2017fai
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12276 [ 2017TNSTR.707....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-29 10:07:08
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 2017fai
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bqf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:59:19.840 (299.832667) DEC = +16:24:40.97 (16.411381)
Discovery date: 2017-06-27 18:41:45.000 (JD=2457932.2789931)


Remarks: blue hostless Galactic plane transient, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-27 18:41:45.000
Flux: 17.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-22 12:37:26
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/2017fai