TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12359 [ 2017TNSTR.738....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-05 06:47:50
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2017fdf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17brz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:37:56.580 (129.48575) DEC = -22:47:08.77 (-22.785769)
Discovery date: 2017-07-03 01:49:26.000 (JD=2457937.5759954)


Remarks: 2.6 mag rise in blue Gaia source, previous events seen, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-03 01:49:26.000
Flux: 17.66 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-11 02:36:57
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/2017fdf