TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25741 [ 2018TNSTR1841....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-30 10:55:51
Date made public:
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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 2018jgh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dpj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:10:30.970 (17.629042) DEC = -59:36:38.56 (-59.610711)
Discovery date: 2018-11-28 06:59:02.000 (JD=2458450.7909954)


Remarks: blue hostless transient, previously detected as MASTER J011030.95-593639.4. Candidate CV.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-28 06:59:02.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-27 15:08:38
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/2018jgh