TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23089 [ 2018TNSTR1451....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-26 09:17:23
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 2018guv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ctr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:04:23.350 (226.097292) DEC = -58:56:35.05 (-58.943069)
Discovery date: 2018-09-25 02:11:02.000 (JD=2458386.5909954)


Remarks: hostless transient close to the Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-25 02:11:02.000
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 16:04:48
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/2018guv