TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 15502 [ 2017TNSTR1462....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-12-23 09:17:38
Date made public:
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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 2017jdb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17diu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:53:03.960 (163.2665) DEC = +73:06:22.82 (73.106339)
Discovery date: 2017-12-21 14:00:57.000 (JD=2458109.0839931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 2753585, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-12-21 14:00:57.000
Flux: 18.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-13 10:50:52
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/2017jdb