TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7828 [ 2017TNSTR..35....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-08 09:48:24
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 2017fl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aau
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:11:56.320 (302.984667) DEC = +23:02:19.68 (23.0388)
Discovery date: 2017-01-02 16:26:24.000 (JD=2457756.185)


Remarks: candidate CV, blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-02 16:26:24.000
Flux: 18.06 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-20 12:38:52
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/2017fl