TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8034 [ 2017TNSTR..75....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-20 20:52:46
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 2017mc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aep
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:40:51.250 (160.213542) DEC = -37:03:30.20 (-37.058389)
Discovery date: 2017-01-18 19:16:19.000 (JD=2457772.3029977)


Remarks: source on the edge of faint DSS object brightens by > 2 mags, 0.56 arcsec from ASASSN-17ab

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-18 19:16:19.000
Flux: 17.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-10 00:14:24
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/2017mc