TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8035 [ 2017TNSTR..75....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-20 21:05:05
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 2017md
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aeq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:10:11.010 (77.545875) DEC = -03:28:26.18 (-3.473939)
Discovery date: 2017-01-19 02:41:16.000 (JD=2457772.6119907)


Remarks: long term decline in brightness, near YSO 2MASS J05101100-0328262 (0.11 arcsec), and ASASSN -13db

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-19 02:41:16.000
Flux: 15.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-10-12 02:45:36
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/2017md