TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13179 [ 2017TNSTR.878....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-17 23:25:16
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 2017gez
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cbz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:47:05.690 (266.773708) DEC = -52:36:33.77 (-52.609381)
Discovery date: 2017-08-13 07:40:48.000 (JD=2457978.82)


Remarks: Long-term increase in brightness of Gaia source coincident with radio source PMN J1747-5236

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-13 07:40:48.000
Flux: 17.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-13 03:27:21
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/2017gez