TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17566 [ 2018TNSTR.423....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-31 16:13:02
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 2018aod
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18atm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:25:09.820 (51.290917) DEC = +48:50:19.86 (48.83885)
Discovery date: 2018-03-29 05:41:16.000 (JD=2458206.7369907)


Remarks: transient coincident with very faint PanSTARRS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-29 05:41:16.000
Flux: 17.66 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-04 11:47:02
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/2018aod