TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27003 [ 2018TNSTR1966....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-23 14:31:08
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 2018kmk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dyc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:44:20.530 (191.085542) DEC = -39:23:25.62 (-39.39045)
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 04:53:45.000 (JD=2458473.7039931)


Remarks: long term brightening in Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 04:53:45.000
Flux: 18.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-11 11:35:31
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/2018kmk