Discovery certificate for object 2018dzr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20720 [ 2018TNSTR.996....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-17 09:48:16
Sender: Gaia (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: SN 2018dzr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18buu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:02:22.570 (255.594042) DEC = +57:45:05.15 (57.751431)
Discovery date: 2018-07-16 00:51:50.000 (JD=2458315.5359954)


Remarks: candidate SN near extended faint PanSTARRS source, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-16 00:51:50.000
Flux: 18.54 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-19 19:01:55
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/2018dzr