TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20874 [ 2018TNSTR1036....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-26 19:09:06
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 2018eef
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bwm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:21:01.370 (170.255708) DEC = -01:05:23.42 (-1.089839)
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 05:15:21.000 (JD=2458306.7189931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASS J11210133-0105250

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 05:15:21.000
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-07 03:30:14
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/2018eef