TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21213 [ 2018TNSTR1096....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-04 08:41:48
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 2018eot
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bzf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:40:47.120 (220.196333) DEC = -43:00:32.40 (-43.009)
Discovery date: 2018-08-02 08:58:33.000 (JD=2458332.8739931)


Remarks: known CV ASASSN-18oy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-02 08:58:33.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-26 04:39:21
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/2018eot