TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17541 [ 2018TNSTR.416....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-29 16:37:34
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 2018ank
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18asy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:42:39.350 (310.663958) DEC = +25:01:43.36 (25.028711)
Discovery date: 2018-03-27 06:56:09.000 (JD=2458204.7889931)


Remarks: blue hostless transient, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-27 06:56:09.000
Flux: 17.16 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-23 14:47:02
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/2018ank