Discovery certificate for object 2018amt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17515 [ 2018TNSTR.403....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-27 23:19:04
Sender: Gaia (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 2018amt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ask
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:12:43.550 (318.181458) DEC = +35:20:22.92 (35.3397)
Discovery date: 2018-03-25 12:43:12.000 (JD=2458203.03)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J21124376+3520263 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-25 12:43:12.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-25 08:29:45
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/2018amt