Discovery certificate for object 2017ph
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8121 [ 2017TNSTR.109....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-26 08:56:28
Sender: Gaia (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 2017ph
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17age
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:17:45.360 (79.439) DEC = +07:50:17.41 (7.838169)
Discovery date: 2017-01-24 02:52:48.000 (JD=2457777.62)


Remarks: >1 mag increase in brightness of existing source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-24 02:52:48.000
Flux: 17.38 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-15 04:06:14
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/2017ph