TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22109 [ 2018TNSTR1279....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-02 16:31:51
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 2018fqr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18clb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:49:36.940 (267.403917) DEC = -52:21:11.20 (-52.353111)
Discovery date: 2018-08-30 02:41:16.000 (JD=2458360.6119907)


Remarks: transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-30 02:41:16.000
Flux: 17.02 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-07 22:26:24
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/2018fqr