TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25529 [ 2018TNSTR1819....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 23:40:04
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 2018jad
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dok
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:06:03.040 (76.512667) DEC = -57:55:43.46 (-57.928739)
Discovery date: 2018-11-24 18:31:40.000 (JD=2458447.2719907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J05060368-5755450

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-24 18:31:40.000
Flux: 18.32 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-23 12:51:50
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/2018jad