TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20697 [ 2018TNSTR.991....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-16 09:51:17
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 2018dyx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18buq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:09:23.250 (317.346875) DEC = +24:09:38.88 (24.1608)
Discovery date: 2018-07-15 12:04:19.000 (JD=2458315.0029977)


Remarks: hostless, blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-15 12:04:19.000
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-02 19:42:14
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/2018dyx