TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23052 [ 2018TNSTR1439....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-24 09:28:35
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 2018gtv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18csx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:31:03.020 (202.762583) DEC = -55:26:23.06 (-55.439739)
Discovery date: 2018-09-21 14:06:43.000 (JD=2458383.0879977)


Remarks: bright blue transient at low Galactic latitude

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-21 14:06:43.000
Flux: 15.83 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-03 03:53:16
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/2018gtv