TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8100 [ 2017TNSTR..98....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-24 23:47:46
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 2017oo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17afp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:17:21.010 (319.337542) DEC = +45:58:47.57 (45.979881)
Discovery date: 2017-01-22 10:26:24.000 (JD=2457775.935)


Remarks: candidate CV, hostless transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-22 10:26:24.000
Flux: 17.83 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-25 00:25:55
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/2017oo