TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18345 [ 2018TNSTR.629....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-13 08:58:25
Date made public:
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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 2018bku
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bfb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:52:57.870 (268.241125) DEC = +16:52:25.03 (16.873619)
Discovery date: 2018-04-28 12:43:12.000 (JD=2458237.03)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 1519112, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-28 12:43:12.000
Flux: 19.22 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-21 07:30:43
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/2018bku