TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20776 [ 2018TNSTR1009....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-20 09:26:46
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 2018ebh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bvc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:43:20.060 (115.833583) DEC = -53:30:11.88 (-53.5033)
Discovery date: 2018-07-17 14:25:26.000 (JD=2458317.1009954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~0.3 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-17 14:25:26.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-09 04:13:26
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/2018ebh