Discovery certificate for object 2017io
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7928 [ 2017TNSTR..55....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-13 00:41:46
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 2017io
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17acc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:19:29.830 (349.874292) DEC = +01:00:55.87 (1.015519)
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 09:43:12.000 (JD=2457762.905)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 1181973

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-09 09:43:12.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-16 05:42:43
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/2017io