TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20856 [ 2018TNSTR1030....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-25 21:55:44
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 2018edp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bwc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:39:30.730 (159.878042) DEC = -57:39:54.65 (-57.665181)
Discovery date: 2018-07-23 08:39:50.000 (JD=2458322.8609954)


Remarks: transient in Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-23 08:39:50.000
Flux: 18.41 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-23 10:43:40
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/2018edp