TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8060 [ 2017TNSTR..85....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-22 18:52:13
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 2017nb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17afg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:44.360 (93.934833) DEC = -15:05:35.02 (-15.093061)
Discovery date: 2017-01-20 22:09:07.000 (JD=2457774.4229977)


Remarks: 2 mag increase in faint Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-20 22:09:07.000
Flux: 18.38 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-20 10:09:07
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/2017nb