TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21359 [ 2018TNSTR1124....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-08 11:39:14
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 2018etf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:51:54.560 (222.977333) DEC = -16:23:48.30 (-16.39675)
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 03:23:02.000 (JD=2458336.6409954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~1mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 03:23:02.000
Flux: 19.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-28 10:30:43
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/2018etf