TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12729 [ 2017TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-23 14:00:39
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 2017fpy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:32:38.400 (248.16) DEC = -63:27:14.33 (-63.453981)
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 07:24:57.000 (JD=2457955.8089931)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by >1mag previous outburst in light curve

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-21 07:24:57.000
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-16 19:26:24
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/2017fpy