TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18019 [ 2018TNSTR.538....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-24 06:43:10
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 2018bbc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:59:59.340 (74.99725) DEC = -47:38:08.23 (-47.635619)
Discovery date: 2018-04-21 03:10:04.000 (JD=2458229.6319907)


Remarks: 4 mag outburst in candidate CV CRTS SSS110402 J045959-473808

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-21 03:10:04.000
Flux: 16.02 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-14 11:54:14
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/2018bbc