Discovery certificate for object 2017cpo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 10410 [ 2017TNSTR.385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-04-01 12:26:58
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 2017cpo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17awg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:16:05.760 (154.024) DEC = -60:54:10.51 (-60.902919)
Discovery date: 2017-03-27 14:21:07.000 (JD=2457840.0979977)


Remarks: gaia source brightens by ~1.5 mags and gets bluer

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-03-27 14:21:07.000
Flux: 17.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-30 21:44:38
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/2017cpo