Discovery certificate for object 2017jm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 7956 [ 2017TNSTR..64....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-17 08:31:27
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 2017jm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17acn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:15:18.620 (63.827583) DEC = -11:37:42.49 (-11.628469)
Discovery date: 2017-01-13 20:42:43.000 (JD=2457767.3629977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 6dFGS gJ041518.6-113739, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-13 20:42:43.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-15 14:42:43
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/2017jm