TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12940 [ 2017TNSTR.842....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-04 16:05:24
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 2017fxa
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17byr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:03:55.110 (255.979625) DEC = -21:03:07.52 (-21.052089)
Discovery date: 2017-08-02 20:06:43.000 (JD=2457968.3379977)


Remarks: blue transient towards Galactic centre; candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-02 20:06:43.000
Flux: 18.14 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-15 02:48:28
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/2017fxa