TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23822 [ 2018TNSTR1652....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-30 18:03:39
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 2018hqr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dfd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:51:17.840 (162.824333) DEC = -28:42:23.40 (-28.7065)
Discovery date: 2018-10-28 17:48:28.000 (JD=2458420.2419907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J10511785-2842260

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-28 17:48:28.000
Flux: 18.59 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-22 16:52:19
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/2018hqr