TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27418 [ 2018TNSTR1993....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-28 12:36:30
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 2018kxt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18eaf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:36:52.120 (69.217167) DEC = -52:16:38.64 (-52.2774)
Discovery date: 2018-12-26 18:15:50.000 (JD=2458479.2609954)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with AGN ACT-S J043651-521632 brightens by more than 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-26 18:15:50.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-13 13:10:33
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/2018kxt