Discovery certificate for object 2017eej
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11612 [ 2017TNSTR.574....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-21 09:19:32
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 2017eej
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bhn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:34:27.980 (338.616583) DEC = +07:33:54.68 (7.565189)
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 05:44:09.000 (JD=2457892.7389931)


Remarks: candidate SN near faint SDSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-19 05:44:09.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-01-09 17:42:43
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/2017eej