Discovery certificate for object 2017gkv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13343 [ 2017TNSTR.949....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-09-01 17:00:36
Sender: Gaia (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 2017gkv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cek
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:11:43.580 (62.931583) DEC = -08:41:16.48 (-8.687911)
Discovery date: 2017-08-30 05:22:33.000 (JD=2457995.7239931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy pair APMUKS(BJ) B040919.88-08485

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-30 05:22:33.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-02 07:17:45
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/2017gkv