TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13027 [ 2017TNSTR.856....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-09 13:36:04
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 2017fzu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bzs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:13:54.900 (93.47875) DEC = +44:10:33.13 (44.175869)
Discovery date: 2017-08-06 16:32:09.000 (JD=2457972.1889931)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with radio source NVSS J061354+441033 brightens by ~1mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-06 16:32:09.000
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-06 12:18:43
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/2017fzu