Discovery certificate for object 2017bzz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 9944 [ 2017TNSTR.285....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-08 09:13:55
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 2017bzz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17apf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:22:50.490 (65.710375) DEC = -26:25:04.66 (-26.417961)
Discovery date: 2017-03-05 03:24:28.000 (JD=2457817.6419907)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy LEDA 768055

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-05 03:24:28.000
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-06 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/2017bzz