TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12614 [ 2017TNSTR.769....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-15 09:01:00
Date made public:
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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 2017fma
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:45:37.330 (161.405542) DEC = +31:59:29.22 (31.99145)
Discovery date: 2017-07-03 04:39:21.000 (JD=2457937.6939931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J104537.34+315934.5

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-03 04:39:21.000
Flux: 19.13 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-23 17:12:28
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/2017fma