TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18965 [ 2018TNSTR.721....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-29 09:33:29
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 2018cbr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18biz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:29:34.100 (52.392083) DEC = +67:49:43.93 (67.828869)
Discovery date: 2018-05-26 19:17:45.000 (JD=2458265.3039931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 2797228

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-26 19:17:45.000
Flux: 17.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-04 11:51:21
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/2018cbr