TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14742 [ 2017TNSTR1261....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-15 18:57:16
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 2017ien
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cxf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:56:27.990 (269.116625) DEC = +07:53:30.73 (7.891869)
Discovery date: 2017-11-13 01:29:16.000 (JD=2458070.5619907)


Remarks: blue hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-13 01:29:16.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-12 21:15:50
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/2017ien