TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12854 [ 2017TNSTR.818....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-30 10:45:33
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 2017fui
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bwo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:57:14.050 (254.308542) DEC = -54:24:37.04 (-54.410289)
Discovery date: 2017-07-25 13:32:09.000 (JD=2457960.0639931)


Remarks: candidate CV, bright hostless transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-25 13:32:09.000
Flux: 15.62 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-21 13:29:16
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/2017fui