TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14701 [ 2017TNSTR1261....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-15 00:36:27
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 2017icz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cvq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:56:10.260 (89.04275) DEC = -37:19:57.40 (-37.332611)
Discovery date: 2017-11-10 11:03:50.000 (JD=2458067.9609954)


Remarks: candidate SN near extended DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-10 11:03:50.000
Flux: 17.61 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-06 17:25:26
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/2017icz