TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21326 [ 2018TNSTR1118....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-07 11:48:43
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 2018ese
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18car
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:50:20.940 (87.58725) DEC = +59:53:36.31 (59.893419)
Discovery date: 2018-08-05 05:22:33.000 (JD=2458335.7239931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J05502164+5953385, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-05 05:22:33.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-03 19:20:38
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/2018ese