Discovery certificate for object 2017haq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 13880 [ 2017TNSTR1058....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-10-02 15:07:38
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 2017haq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cmc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:38:50.580 (99.71075) DEC = +01:59:19.72 (1.988811)
Discovery date: 2017-09-30 12:31:40.000 (JD=2458027.0219907)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by 2 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-09-30 12:31:40.000
Flux: 17.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-14 07:09:07
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/2017haq