Discovery certificate for object 2017gjv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13314 [ 2017TNSTR.933....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-08-30 14:06:00
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 2017gjv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cdo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:26:01.530 (96.506375) DEC = -03:55:22.98 (-3.92305)
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 17:34:04.000 (JD=2457989.2319907)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by 1.8 mags and gets bluer

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-08-23 17:34:04.000
Flux: 17.14 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-05-04 22:42:14
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/2017gjv