Discovery certificate for object 2017pd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 8117 [ 2017TNSTR.109....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-01-26 08:26:56
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 2017pd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17aga
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:42.050 (170.675208) DEC = -56:18:26.32 (-56.307311)
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 19:10:33.000 (JD=2457777.2989931)


Remarks: candidate SN near DSS object (galaxy?), GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-01-23 19:10:33.000
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-12-20 21:34:33
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/2017pd