TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19187 [ 2018TNSTR.780....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-08 09:47:16
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 2018chi
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bkx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:54:10.290 (358.542875) DEC = +41:14:48.52 (41.246811)
Discovery date: 2018-05-30 12:14:24.000 (JD=2458269.01)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 2178004

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-30 12:14:24.000
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-01 02:42:43
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/2018chi