TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7962 [ 2017TNSTR..64....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-17 09:08:34
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 2017jr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17acv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:33:49.820 (128.457583) DEC = -25:02:24.58 (-25.040161)
Discovery date: 2017-01-14 07:42:14.000 (JD=2457767.8209954)


Remarks: candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J08334946-2502214, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-14 07:42:14.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-29 21:17:16
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/2017jr