Discovery certificate for object 2017fay
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12294 [ 2017TNSTR.716....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-01 06:57:08
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 2017fay
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:54:58.630 (223.744292) DEC = +48:16:39.83 (48.277731)
Discovery date: 2017-06-04 09:51:50.000 (JD=2457908.9109954)


Remarks: candidate SN, declining near galaxy SDSS J145458.57+481641.6

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-06-04 09:51:50.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-04-24 12:48:57
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/2017fay