Discovery certificate for object 2017htz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14440 [ 2017TNSTR1211....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-04 11:15:52
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 2017htz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:58:04.360 (239.518167) DEC = -57:30:52.96 (-57.514711)
Discovery date: 2017-10-28 07:48:00.000 (JD=2458054.825)


Remarks: hostless transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-10-28 07:48:00.000
Flux: 17.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-16 02:55:40
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/2017htz