Discovery certificate for object 2017atr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9004 [ 2017TNSTR.184....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-02-14 13:31:52
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 2017atr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17ajc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:15:15.900 (273.81625) DEC = -37:24:43.60 (-37.412111)
Discovery date: 2017-02-05 08:06:43.000 (JD=2457789.8379977)


Remarks: blue transient near DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-02-05 08:06:43.000
Flux: 17.79 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-02 06:04:19
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/2017atr