TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22002 [ 2018TNSTR1260....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-30 22:34:14
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 2018fnj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cjr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:12:13.640 (288.056833) DEC = -17:49:14.02 (-17.820561)
Discovery date: 2018-08-25 09:18:43.000 (JD=2458355.8879977)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-25 09:18:43.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-19 09:18:43
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/2018fnj