TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25738 [ 2018TNSTR1841....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-30 08:50:09
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 2018jgf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dpg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:57:30.790 (59.378292) DEC = -53:26:48.70 (-53.446861)
Discovery date: 2018-11-27 12:37:26.000 (JD=2458450.0259954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 429811

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-27 12:37:26.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-22 08:48:28
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/2018jgf