TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22250 [ 2018TNSTR1312....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-06 07:39:59
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 2018fuz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cmp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:55:54.140 (238.975583) DEC = -54:38:06.54 (-54.63515)
Discovery date: 2018-09-01 20:28:19.000 (JD=2458363.3529977)


Remarks: 1.2 mag brightening in star near star forming region

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-01 20:28:19.000
Flux: 17.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-03 08:44:09
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/2018fuz