TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12875 [ 2017TNSTR.823....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-31 08:19:09
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 2017fuu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bxb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:05:52.530 (196.468875) DEC = +41:43:12.29 (41.720081)
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 15:12:57.000 (JD=2457962.1339931)


Remarks: candidate SN in radio galaxy NGC 4963

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-27 15:12:57.000
Flux: 18.92 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-29 09:20:09
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/2017fuu