TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23398 [ 2018TNSTR1529....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-08 16:32:17
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 2018hea
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cxm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:13:52.250 (273.467708) DEC = -29:04:28.45 (-29.074569)
Discovery date: 2018-10-05 14:35:31.000 (JD=2458397.1079977)


Remarks: transient coincident with Dwarf nova OGLE BLG-DN-927

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-05 14:35:31.000
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-02 03:07:12
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/2018hea