TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22616 [ 2018TNSTR1373....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-13 12:18:08
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 2018ggm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cpf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:49.500 (227.95625) DEC = -22:03:50.26 (-22.063961)
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 10:27:50.000 (JD=2458371.9359954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~1mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-10 10:27:50.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-06 09:17:16
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/2018ggm