TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7997 [ 2017TNSTR..67....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-18 08:25:27
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: AT 2017kv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ads
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:16:40.130 (274.167208) DEC = +17:52:18.95 (17.871931)
Discovery date: 2017-01-16 11:05:16.000 (JD=2457769.9619907)


Remarks: candidate CV blue transient close to GALEXASC J181640.14+175218.7

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-16 11:05:16.000
Flux: 18.31 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-16 11:09:36
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/2017kv