Discovery certificate for object 2017eym
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12224 [ 2017TNSTR.693....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-06-25 09:23:59
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: SN 2017eym
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bpt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:27:34.000 (6.891667) DEC = -12:32:02.76 (-12.5341)
Discovery date: 2017-06-22 23:57:07.000 (JD=2457927.4979977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 951417, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia at t=-3

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-22 23:57:07.000
Flux: 18.07 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-28 01:48:00
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/2017eym