TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7927 [ 2017TNSTR..55....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-13 00:40:44
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 2017in
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17acb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:46:01.790 (11.507458) DEC = -07:31:24.96 (-7.5236)
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 21:21:36.000 (JD=2457763.39)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 1017585

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 21:21:36.000
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-10 15:51:50
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/2017in