TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12898 [ 2017TNSTR.830....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-02 06:41:47
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 2017fvm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bxt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:45.730 (254.190542) DEC = -40:16:04.30 (-40.267861)
Discovery date: 2017-07-29 15:33:07.000 (JD=2457964.1479977)


Remarks: 1 mag rise in red star, possible YSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-29 15:33:07.000
Flux: 19.21 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-18 15:04:19
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/2017fvm