Discovery certificate for object 2017atm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8998 [ 2017TNSTR.184....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-14 13:04:21
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 2017atm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aiw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:10:02.290 (32.509542) DEC = -61:50:05.53 (-61.834869)
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 01:33:36.000 (JD=2457790.565)


Remarks: candidate SN in outskirts of galaxy 2MASX J02100199-6150018, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-06 01:33:36.000
Flux: 17.76 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-30 16:23:31
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/2017atm