TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15017 [ 2017TNSTR1336....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-27 09:01:47
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 2017ink
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17dbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:52:45.420 (13.18925) DEC = -36:01:25.07 (-36.023631)
Discovery date: 2017-11-23 00:01:26.000 (JD=2458080.5009954)


Remarks: candidate SN close to galaxy 6dFGS gJ005245.1-360127

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-23 00:01:26.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-25 20:02:24
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/2017ink