TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23083 [ 2018TNSTR1446....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-25 16:19:10
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 2018guq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ctm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:13.510 (206.806292) DEC = -70:10:12.76 (-70.170211)
Discovery date: 2018-09-23 13:58:04.000 (JD=2458385.0819907)


Remarks: red star brightens by 0.6 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-23 13:58:04.000
Flux: 13.03 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-12 08:41:16
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/2018guq