TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20049 [ 2018TNSTR.950....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-09 08:28:29
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 2018dew
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bsw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:12:49.650 (48.206875) DEC = -24:42:24.16 (-24.706711)
Discovery date: 2018-07-08 01:32:09.000 (JD=2458307.5639931)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-08 01:32:09.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-18 07:29:16
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/2018dew