TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8062 [ 2017TNSTR..85....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-22 19:05:37
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 2017nd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17afi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:35:47.090 (83.946208) DEC = -06:11:45.17 (-6.195881)
Discovery date: 2017-01-20 08:35:31.000 (JD=2457773.8579977)


Remarks: slow deep (>1 mag) decline in red star 0.27 arcsec from V1757 Ori (Variable Star of Orion Type)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-20 08:35:31.000
Flux: 19.14 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-07-27 09:54:43
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/2017nd