TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25623 [ 2018TNSTR1831....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-27 19:36:28
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 2018jdd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18doq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:24:27.580 (96.114917) DEC = -19:12:14.83 (-19.204119)
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 13:40:47.000 (JD=2458448.0699884)


Remarks: candidate SN near faint PanSTARRS extended source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-25 13:40:47.000
Flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-25 11:54:14
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/2018jdd