TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27571 [ 2018TNSTR2008....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-30 09:08:23
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 2018lce
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18eaq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:27:45.530 (216.939708) DEC = -59:35:05.60 (-59.584889)
Discovery date: 2018-12-27 23:05:16.000 (JD=2458480.4619907)


Remarks: variable red Gaia source brightens by 2 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-27 23:05:16.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-23 21:54:43
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/2018lce