TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28605 [ 2019TNSTR..65....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-10 11:03:29
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 2018lmh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19acx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:16:43.530 (214.181375) DEC = -31:33:33.30 (-31.55925)
Discovery date: 2018-12-23 18:23:02.000 (JD=2458476.2659954)


Remarks: SN candidate near DSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-23 18:23:02.000
Flux: 19.05 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-21 04:17:45
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/2018lmh