Discovery certificate for object 2017isy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15202 [ 2017TNSTR1372....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-05 09:46:42
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 2017isy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ddz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:59:42.860 (209.928583) DEC = +08:36:59.04 (8.6164)
Discovery date: 2017-12-03 08:54:14.000 (JD=2458090.8709954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MFGC 11308

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-03 08:54:14.000
Flux: 18.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-25 22:24:57
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/2017isy