Discovery certificate for object 2018cxc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19775 [ 2018TNSTR.902....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-29 22:07:33
Sender: Gaia (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 2018cxc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:54:44.600 (13.685833) DEC = +38:47:55.21 (38.798669)
Discovery date: 2018-06-25 12:23:02.000 (JD=2458295.0159954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J00544425+3847532, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-25 12:23:02.000
Flux: 18.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-04 08:00:57
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/2018cxc