TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7918 [ 2017TNSTR..51....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-12 12:48:32
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 2017if
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17abs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:35:16.070 (353.816958) DEC = -08:57:25.16 (-8.956989)
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 09:33:07.000 (JD=2457760.8979977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J23351606-0857234

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-07 09:33:07.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-14 11:34:04
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/2017if