TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21293 [ 2018TNSTR1110....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-06 12:28:54
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: SN 2018erc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18caf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:28.510 (31.868792) DEC = +11:09:13.64 (11.153789)
Discovery date: 2018-08-04 06:31:40.000 (JD=2458334.7719907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J02072878+1109119. GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-04 06:31:40.000
Flux: 18.16 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-30 02:42:43
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/2018erc