TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20022 [ 2018TNSTR.942....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-07 17:11:48
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: AT 2018dee
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:04:06.750 (61.028125) DEC = -16:56:11.22 (-16.93645)
Discovery date: 2018-06-22 19:29:16.000 (JD=2458292.3119907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ040406.1-165610 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-22 19:29:16.000
Flux: 20.78 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-16 12:25:55
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/2018dee