Discovery certificate for object 2017htd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14415 [ 2017TNSTR1204....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-03 12:10:28
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 2017htd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17csk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:02:11.780 (120.549083) DEC = +32:18:46.94 (32.313039)
Discovery date: 2017-10-26 09:53:16.000 (JD=2458052.9119907)


Remarks: candidate SN near active galaxy MCG+05-19-034

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-26 09:53:16.000
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-27 17:52:48
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/2017htd