TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13046 [ 2017TNSTR.861....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-11 17:42:49
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 2017gam
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cah
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:55:39.450 (268.914375) DEC = -31:18:30.89 (-31.308581)
Discovery date: 2017-08-06 07:58:04.000 (JD=2457971.8319907)


Remarks: Gaia source near Galactic plane brightens > 2mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-06 07:58:04.000
Flux: 17.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-05 02:28:19
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/2017gam