TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21247 [ 2018TNSTR1103....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-05 18:25:01
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 2018epv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bzl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:01:51.930 (240.466375) DEC = -57:34:29.03 (-57.574731)
Discovery date: 2018-08-02 20:41:16.000 (JD=2458333.3619907)


Remarks: 1 mag rise on red Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-02 20:41:16.000
Flux: 17.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-01 14:49:55
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/2018epv