TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13977 [ 2017TNSTR1087....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-09 11:34:47
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 2017hee
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cnn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:10:18.120 (92.5755) DEC = -31:16:47.46 (-31.27985)
Discovery date: 2017-10-05 17:18:14.000 (JD=2458032.2209954)


Remarks: candidate SN near extended DSS souce

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-05 17:18:14.000
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-31 05:55:40
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/2017hee