TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25622 [ 2018TNSTR1831....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-27 19:34:54
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 2018jdc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dop
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:51:16.530 (87.818875) DEC = -36:26:09.13 (-36.435869)
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 18:11:31.000 (JD=2458448.2579977)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 18:11:31.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-18 08:21:07
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/2018jdc