Discovery certificate for object 2017hyd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14561 [ 2017TNSTR1237....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-10 17:13:37
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 2017hyd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:52:26.370 (208.109875) DEC = -66:30:05.22 (-66.50145)
Discovery date: 2017-11-03 11:49:55.000 (JD=2458060.9929977)


Remarks: hostless transient near Galactic Plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-03 11:49:55.000
Flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-23 13:30:43
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/2017hyd