TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7832 [ 2017TNSTR..35....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-08 10:02:27
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 2017fp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aay
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:06:05.690 (121.523708) DEC = -23:21:30.71 (-23.358531)
Discovery date: 2017-01-03 07:37:55.000 (JD=2457756.8179977)


Remarks: candidate CV, blue transient in Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-03 07:37:55.000
Flux: 17.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-20 14:00:57
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/2017fp