Discovery certificate for object 2017fon
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12684 [ 2017TNSTR.783....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-20 17:53:31
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 2017fon
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bua
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:52:24.540 (358.10225) DEC = +28:46:17.90 (28.771639)
Discovery date: 2017-07-15 06:53:16.000 (JD=2457949.7869907)


Remarks: candidate SN near radio galaxy NGC 7775

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-15 06:53:16.000
Flux: 18.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-14 01:09:07
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/2017fon