Discovery certificate for object 2017ht
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7898 [ 2017TNSTR..47....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-11 19:49:55
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 2017ht
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17abc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:54:52.630 (343.719292) DEC = -13:24:42.66 (-13.41185)
Discovery date: 2017-01-04 15:34:33.000 (JD=2457758.1489931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J22545274-1324320 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-04 15:34:33.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-16 09:36:00
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/2017ht