Discovery certificate for object 2017eiz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11750 [ 2017TNSTR.604....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-28 12:30:56
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 2017eiz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bjt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:38:28.760 (309.619833) DEC = -76:22:02.06 (-76.367239)
Discovery date: 2017-05-27 01:17:45.000 (JD=2457900.5539931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ203829.1-762158, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-27 01:17:45.000
Flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-28 09:08:38
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/2017eiz