Discovery certificate for object 2017imp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 14988 [ 2017TNSTR1312....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-11-24 19:36:04
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 2017imp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17dao
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:45:08.850 (116.286875) DEC = +06:56:58.52 (6.949589)
Discovery date: 2017-11-22 12:04:19.000 (JD=2458080.0029977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J07450893+0656588 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-11-22 12:04:19.000
Flux: 18.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-10-30 16:17:45
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/2017imp