TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17800 [ 2018TNSTR.498....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-16 21:36:49
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: SN 2018avk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ayq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:11:27.750 (197.865625) DEC = +65:38:17.16 (65.6381)
Discovery date: 2018-04-14 17:45:36.000 (JD=2458223.24)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J131128.38+653819.2

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-14 17:45:36.000
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-06 06:56:09
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/2018avk