TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26995 [ 2018TNSTR1966....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-23 14:26:55
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 2018kmd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dxu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:15:35.440 (198.897667) DEC = -34:08:06.25 (-34.135069)
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 04:45:07.000 (JD=2458473.6979977)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient rising

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 04:45:07.000
Flux: 16.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-15 04:01:55
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/2018kmd