Discovery certificate for object 2017idg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14708 [ 2017TNSTR1261....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-15 00:44:21
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 2017idg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17cvx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:09:58.370 (272.493208) DEC = -06:26:56.98 (-6.449161)
Discovery date: 2017-11-11 01:12:00.000 (JD=2458068.55)


Remarks: hostless, rising, transient near Galactic Plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-11 01:12:00.000
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-10 20:58:33
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/2017idg