TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14876 [ 2017TNSTR1285....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-20 13:55:40
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 2017ijd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17czl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:54:37.520 (313.656333) DEC = -35:00:23.36 (-35.006489)
Discovery date: 2017-11-19 06:37:26.000 (JD=2458076.7759954)


Remarks: candidate SN in emission line galaxy 2MASX J20543779-3500201

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-19 06:37:26.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-23 20:41:16
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/2017ijd