TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15222 [ 2017TNSTR1377....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-06 10:05:11
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: SN 2017itr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ded
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:48:54.890 (87.228708) DEC = -33:07:34.57 (-33.126269)
Discovery date: 2017-12-05 05:08:09.000 (JD=2458092.7139931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy MRSS 363-017844

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-05 05:08:09.000
Flux: 18.14 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-11 06:47:31
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/2017itr