TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19736 [ 2018TNSTR.902....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-29 11:19:30
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 2018cwe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bpi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:21:16.210 (215.317542) DEC = -29:24:39.24 (-29.4109)
Discovery date: 2018-06-19 21:46:04.000 (JD=2458289.4069907)


Remarks: 0.3 mag fast brightening in red Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-19 21:46:04.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-18 11:31:12
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/2018cwe