Discovery certificate for object 2017ced
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10063 [ 2017TNSTR.302....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-12 10:44:22
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 2017ced
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aqh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:32:54.090 (38.225375) DEC = +23:19:44.54 (23.329039)
Discovery date: 2017-03-09 18:05:45.000 (JD=2457822.2539931)


Remarks: candidate SN in low surface brightness galaxy UGC 02020, rising

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-09 18:05:45.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-02-17 12:07:12
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/2017ced