TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23260 [ 2018TNSTR1490....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-02 07:33:45
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 2018hae
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cvh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:47:58.850 (236.995208) DEC = -09:00:20.52 (-9.0057)
Discovery date: 2018-09-30 09:01:26.000 (JD=2458391.8759954)


Remarks: Gaia source gets brighter by 1 mag, and bluer

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-30 09:01:26.000
Flux: 18.13 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-12 04:45:07
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/2018hae