Discovery certificate for object 2018jgc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25732 [ 2018TNSTR1841....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-30 08:47:43
Sender: Gaia (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 2018jgc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dpa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:54:10.130 (343.542208) DEC = -59:03:12.53 (-59.053481)
Discovery date: 2018-11-27 13:13:26.000 (JD=2458450.0509954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 374320

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-27 13:13:26.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-01 03:15:50
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/2018jgc