Discovery certificate for object 2017evp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12143 [ 2017TNSTR.677....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-21 06:57:45
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 2017evp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bou
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:49.500 (11.20625) DEC = +02:51:29.59 (2.858219)
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 23:49:55.000 (JD=2457923.4929977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J004449.71+025131.3, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia close to max

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-18 23:49:55.000
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-28 19:32:09
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/2017evp