TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19624 [ 2018TNSTR.859....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-20 21:41:31
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 2018csx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bot
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:00:07.760 (60.032333) DEC = -45:19:00.52 (-45.316811)
Discovery date: 2018-06-19 01:55:12.000 (JD=2458288.58)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ040008.6-451901

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-19 01:55:12.000
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-08 22:49:26
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/2018csx