TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21411 [ 2018TNSTR1130....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-09 22:26:32
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 2018euw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cbt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:22:30.190 (245.625792) DEC = -31:21:32.33 (-31.358981)
Discovery date: 2018-08-08 15:04:19.000 (JD=2458339.1279977)


Remarks: transient coincident with dwarf nova MASTER OT J162230.05-312131.8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-08 15:04:19.000
Flux: 17.83 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-26 04:14:52
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/2018euw