TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8134 [ 2017TNSTR.115....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-27 12:49:58
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 2017pu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17agi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:47:07.480 (251.781167) DEC = -23:03:34.78 (-23.059661)
Discovery date: 2017-01-24 19:45:07.000 (JD=2457778.3229977)


Remarks: source (with previous episodes of brightening) brightens by > 1mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-24 19:45:07.000
Flux: 16.98 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-06 11:48:28
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/2017pu