TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20048 [ 2018TNSTR.950....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-09 08:27:57
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 2018dev
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bsv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:20:54.800 (20.228333) DEC = -13:52:36.37 (-13.876769)
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 13:06:14.000 (JD=2458307.0459954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy APMUKS(BJ) B011826.72-140818.2 GS-TEC predicts SN II

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-07 13:06:14.000
Flux: 18.73 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-11 02:58:33
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/2018dev