TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19229 [ 2018TNSTR.786....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-09 22:54:23
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 2018cil
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18blz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:14:33.810 (3.640875) DEC = -24:42:02.41 (-24.700669)
Discovery date: 2018-06-07 19:24:57.000 (JD=2458277.3089931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MFGC 176

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-07 19:24:57.000
Flux: 19.54 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-22 21:54:43
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/2018cil