Discovery certificate for object 2017or
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8103 [ 2017TNSTR..98....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-24 23:51:03
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 2017or
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17afs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:35:17.280 (263.822) DEC = +01:32:49.49 (1.547081)
Discovery date: 2017-01-22 13:16:19.000 (JD=2457776.0529977)


Remarks: candidate CV, bright blue hostless transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-22 13:16:19.000
Flux: 16.42 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-11-06 00:46:04
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/2017or