TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20047 [ 2018TNSTR.950....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-09 08:27:23
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 2018deu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bsu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:03:23.870 (15.849458) DEC = -10:51:13.00 (-10.853611)
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 07:01:55.000 (JD=2458306.7929977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy MCG-02-03-068

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 07:01:55.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-09 20:55:40
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/2018deu