Discovery certificate for object 2018ghu

TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22657 [ 2018TNSTR1385....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-15 15:45:50
Sender: Gaia (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: SN 2018ghu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cpm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:46.000 (85.441667) DEC = -11:42:37.30 (-11.710361)
Discovery date: 2018-09-11 06:34:33.000 (JD=2458372.7739931)


Remarks: candidate SN 23 arcsec from galaxy 2MASX J05414444-1142365

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-11 06:34:33.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-18 20:24:00
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/2018ghu