TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15010 [ 2017TNSTR1336....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-27 08:55:10
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 2017ind
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17dax
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:56:27.960 (119.1165) DEC = +04:05:23.14 (4.089761)
Discovery date: 2017-10-30 10:20:38.000 (JD=2458056.9309954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J07562769+040522

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-30 10:20:38.000
Flux: 17.34 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-03 10:30:43
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/2017ind