TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25513 [ 2018TNSTR1819....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 19:00:28
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 2018izt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dnu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:16.310 (85.317958) DEC = -71:24:14.04 (-71.4039)
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 12:37:26.000 (JD=2458445.0259954)
Remarks: Long term brightening of Carbon star [KDM2001] 5634 in the LMC
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 12:37:26.000
Flux: 17.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-27 00:50:24
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/2018izt
Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 19:00:28
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 2018izt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dnu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:41:16.310 (85.317958) DEC = -71:24:14.04 (-71.4039)
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 12:37:26.000 (JD=2458445.0259954)
Remarks: Long term brightening of Carbon star [KDM2001] 5634 in the LMC
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 12:37:26.000
Flux: 17.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-27 00:50:24
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/2018izt