Discovery certificate for object 2017fbz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12323 [ 2017TNSTR.725....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-02 18:36:03
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 2017fbz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17brc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:43.720 (37.932167) DEC = -53:17:25.33 (-53.290369)
Discovery date: 2017-07-01 00:40:19.000 (JD=2457935.5279977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J02314292-5317276, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-01 00:40:19.000
Flux: 17.87 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-03 02:38:24
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/2017fbz