TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22516 [ 2018TNSTR1343....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-10 10:05:37
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 2018gdf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18coa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:15:53.360 (228.972333) DEC = -35:15:43.27 (-35.262019)
Discovery date: 2018-09-06 22:19:12.000 (JD=2458368.43)


Remarks: blue outburst in blue Gaia source, aka ASASSN-18uf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-06 22:19:12.000
Flux: 16.17 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-16 03:15:50
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/2018gdf