TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20831 [ 2018TNSTR1030....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-25 05:57:52
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 2018ecv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:49:20.950 (342.337292) DEC = -03:51:41.65 (-3.861569)
Discovery date: 2018-07-10 12:36:00.000 (JD=2458310.025)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ224921.3-035150, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-10 12:36:00.000
Flux: 19.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-01 08:54:14
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/2018ecv