Discovery certificate for object 2018bfi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18172 [ 2018TNSTR.586....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-06 22:33:55
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 2018bfi
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bdm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:28:28.390 (82.118292) DEC = -06:49:40.01 (-6.827781)
Discovery date: 2018-05-04 11:25:26.000 (JD=2458242.9759954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J052828.21-064940.1, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-04 11:25:26.000
Flux: 18.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-22 00:27:21
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/2018bfi