Discovery certificate for object 2017fqe
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12737 [ 2017TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-23 19:53:18
Sender: Gaia (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 2017fqe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bvm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:03:46.770 (240.944875) DEC = -58:57:35.82 (-58.95995)
Discovery date: 2017-07-22 01:30:43.000 (JD=2457956.5629977)


Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-22 01:30:43.000
Flux: 17.96 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-21 15:24:28
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/2017fqe