Discovery certificate for object 2017fpr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 12720 [ 2017TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-07-23 13:30:12
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 2017fpr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17buv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:47:32.280 (11.8845) DEC = +08:10:26.94 (8.17415)
Discovery date: 2017-07-19 23:28:19.000 (JD=2457954.4779977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J00473212+0810220

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-07-19 23:28:19.000
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-06-17 13:32:09
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/2017fpr