TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21186 [ 2018TNSTR1083....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-03 18:28:48
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 2018enw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18byz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:06:59.220 (211.74675) DEC = -39:06:07.34 (-39.102039)
Discovery date: 2018-08-01 09:02:52.000 (JD=2458331.8769907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MFGC 11439

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-01 09:02:52.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-23 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/2018enw