TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10255 [ 2017TNSTR.365....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-28 12:48:54
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 2017cku
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17atr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:15:27.730 (273.865542) DEC = -34:40:19.24 (-34.672011)
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 01:01:55.000 (JD=2457832.5429977)
Remarks: hostless blue transient near galactic plane
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 01:01:55.000
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-02 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/2017cku
Date Received (UTC): 2017-03-28 12:48:54
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 2017cku
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17atr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:15:27.730 (273.865542) DEC = -34:40:19.24 (-34.672011)
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 01:01:55.000 (JD=2457832.5429977)
Remarks: hostless blue transient near galactic plane
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-20 01:01:55.000
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-02 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/2017cku