Discovery certificate for object 2017iug
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15239 [ 2017TNSTR1379....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-07 13:26:43
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 2017iug
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17der
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:31:10.410 (277.793375) DEC = +26:44:56.26 (26.748961)
Discovery date: 2017-12-01 19:46:33.000 (JD=2458089.3239931)


Remarks: candidate SN near PanSTARRS galaxy GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-01 19:46:33.000
Flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-08 01:46:33
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/2017iug