Discovery certificate for object 2017izh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15395 [ 2017TNSTR1441....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-19 13:08:22
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 2017izh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17dhf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:39.840 (45.916) DEC = -22:04:06.71 (-22.068531)
Discovery date: 2017-12-14 07:37:55.000 (JD=2458101.8179977)


Remarks: candidate SN in emission line galaxy 2MFGC 2485

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-14 07:37:55.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-29 07:29:16
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/2017izh