TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20884 [ 2018TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-27 11:36:22
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: SN 2018eem
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bwu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:36:01.410 (354.005875) DEC = +18:41:07.19 (18.685331)
Discovery date: 2018-07-25 08:13:55.000 (JD=2458324.8429977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy SDSS J233601.40+184107.1

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-25 08:13:55.000
Flux: 18.79 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-02 08:13:55
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/2018eem