TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20061 [ 2018TNSTR.955....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-10 11:07:14
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 2018dff
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18btd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:39:10.130 (84.792208) DEC = -30:06:41.44 (-30.111511)
Discovery date: 2018-06-25 21:43:12.000 (JD=2458295.405)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 721271, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-25 21:43:12.000
Flux: 19.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-12 05:13:55
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/2018dff