TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21944 [ 2018TNSTR1255....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-29 14:13:40
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 2018fll
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18chy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:45:05.320 (56.272167) DEC = -64:36:16.16 (-64.604489)
Discovery date: 2018-08-20 01:39:21.000 (JD=2458350.5689931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 321011

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-20 01:39:21.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-17 21:44:38
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/2018fll