Discovery certificate for object 2017kz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8001 [ 2017TNSTR..67....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-18 08:35:54
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: SN 2017kz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17adw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:07:25.410 (196.855875) DEC = -01:19:23.41 (-1.323169)
Discovery date: 2017-01-12 06:25:55.000 (JD=2457765.7679977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy SDSS J130725.27-011922.7

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-12 06:25:55.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-09 14:38:24
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/2017kz