TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20842 [ 2018TNSTR1030....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-25 12:27:08
Date made public:
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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 2018ede
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bvr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:13:16.010 (168.316708) DEC = +15:56:16.22 (15.937839)
Discovery date: 2018-07-21 15:47:31.000 (JD=2458321.1579977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J111316.11+155616.5, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-21 15:47:31.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-14 05:28:19
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/2018ede