TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19185 [ 2018TNSTR.780....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-08 09:43:16
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2018chg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bkv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:50:43.940 (222.683083) DEC = -63:29:04.60 (-63.484611)
Discovery date: 2018-06-02 04:40:48.000 (JD=2458271.695)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by > 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-02 04:40:48.000
Flux: 19.15 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-02 02:54:14
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/2018chg