TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17695 [ 2018TNSTR.471....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-10 08:52:29
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 2018asf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18awd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:56.550 (227.235625) DEC = -68:51:40.54 (-68.861261)
Discovery date: 2018-04-04 16:45:07.000 (JD=2458213.1979977)
Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane, rising
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-04 16:45:07.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-06 15:08:38
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/2018asf
Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-10 08:52:29
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 2018asf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18awd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:56.550 (227.235625) DEC = -68:51:40.54 (-68.861261)
Discovery date: 2018-04-04 16:45:07.000 (JD=2458213.1979977)
Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane, rising
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-04 16:45:07.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-06 15:08:38
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/2018asf