TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25802 [ 2018TNSTR1859....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-03 14:53:55
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 2018jhz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:51:47.110 (297.946292) DEC = -09:40:46.85 (-9.679681)
Discovery date: 2018-12-01 03:59:02.000 (JD=2458453.6659954)


Remarks: 1.4 mag brightening in Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-01 03:59:02.000
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-14 02:08:09
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/2018jhz