TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22656 [ 2018TNSTR1385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-15 15:45:12
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 2018ght
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cpl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:13:52.330 (213.468042) DEC = -28:52:57.61 (-28.882669)
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 22:12:00.000 (JD=2458372.425)


Remarks: candidate SN near extended PanSTARRS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 22:12:00.000
Flux: 17.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-23 09:47:31
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/2018ght