Discovery certificate for object 2017ede
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11574 [ 2017TNSTR.563....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-18 09:13:27
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 2017ede
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bgp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:43:50.180 (340.959083) DEC = +38:22:24.82 (38.373561)
Discovery date: 2017-05-15 11:11:02.000 (JD=2457888.9659954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy UGC 12173, GS-TEC predicts SN II

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-15 11:11:02.000
Flux: 17.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-19 05:57:07
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/2017ede