Discovery certificate for object 2017ipc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15076 [ 2017TNSTR1344....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-28 12:33:27
Sender: Gaia (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 2017ipc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17dbw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:56:18.440 (299.076833) DEC = +06:24:48.35 (6.413431)
Discovery date: 2017-10-31 15:15:50.000 (JD=2458058.1359954)


Remarks: bright blue transient near faint PanSTARRS source, now declined to 19th mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-31 15:15:50.000
Flux: 16.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-05 09:31:40
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/2017ipc