TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17528 [ 2018TNSTR.409....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-28 12:21:13
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 2018anf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18asw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:51:56.490 (222.985375) DEC = -42:08:25.12 (-42.140311)
Discovery date: 2018-03-26 02:49:55.000 (JD=2458203.6179977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J14515644-4208216

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-26 02:49:55.000
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-05 10:30:43
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/2018anf