TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26531 [ 2018TNSTR1941....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-17 15:28:03
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 2018kas
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dvr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:31:51.960 (202.9665) DEC = -02:49:19.20 (-2.822)
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 18:02:52.000 (JD=2458467.2519907)


Remarks: known SDSS QSO brightens by 1.5 mag over 1.5 year

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 18:02:52.000
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-05 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/2018kas