Discovery certificate for object 2017ges
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13172 [ 2017TNSTR.878....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-17 23:06:56
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 2017ges
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cbs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:31:58.250 (52.992708) DEC = +75:53:03.44 (75.884289)
Discovery date: 2017-08-13 16:07:40.000 (JD=2457979.1719907)


Remarks: candidate SN near DSS blob GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-13 16:07:40.000
Flux: 17.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-07-16 04:09:07
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/2017ges