TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17506 [ 2018TNSTR.398....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-26 14:31:34
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 2018aml
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18asf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:33:11.200 (83.296667) DEC = +00:13:58.55 (0.232931)
Discovery date: 2018-03-23 04:46:33.000 (JD=2458200.6989931)


Remarks: dusty M dwarf dims by 2 magnitudes and changes colour

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-23 04:46:33.000
Flux: 17.64 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-28 04:59:31
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/2018aml