TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13866 [ 2017TNSTR1056....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-01 11:23:15
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 2017hae
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17clp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:24:35.580 (306.14825) DEC = -32:53:35.88 (-32.8933)
Discovery date: 2017-09-28 07:09:07.000 (JD=2458024.7979977)


Remarks: 1.5 mag brightening in QSO B2021-330, previous brightening in lightcurve

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-28 07:09:07.000
Flux: 17.55 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-03-15 22:20:38
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/2017hae