TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19777 [ 2018TNSTR.902....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-06-29 22:10:30
Date made public:
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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: SN 2018cxe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bqm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:21:01.630 (260.256792) DEC = +26:09:07.31 (26.152031)
Discovery date: 2018-06-26 05:02:24.000 (JD=2458295.71)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy SDSS J172101.89+260916.6, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-26 05:02:24.000
Flux: 17.79 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-10 14:24:00
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/2018cxe