TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22570 [ 2018TNSTR1364....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-12 06:23:51
Date made public:
Sender: Lukasz Wyrzykowski
Reporting Group: OGLE     Discovery Data Source: OGLE

Lukasz Wyrzykowski report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018gez
Discoverer internal name: MBR211.22.1264.22.2110.13
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:18:20.260 (49.584417) DEC = -65:00:22.30 (-65.006194)
Discovery date: 2018-09-11 06:49:03.000 (JD=2458372.78407)

Potential host galaxy: OGLE-GAL-MBR211.22-1263.695-2111.471

Remarks: potential short-lived transient in the centre of a spiral face-on galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-11 06:49:03.000
Flux: 19.682 VegaMag
Filter: I-Cousins
Instrument: OGLEIV-Cam
Telescope: The 1.3 m OGLE Warsaw Telescope

Remarks: peak brightness, host-subtracted

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-29 09:13:44
Limiting flux: 20.8 VegaMag
Filter: I-Cousins
Instrument: OGLEIV-Cam
Telescope: The 1.3 m OGLE Warsaw Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018gez