TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29027 [ 2019TNSTR.119....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-20 21:25:55
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 2018lms
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19afp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:33:02.470 (203.260292) DEC = +76:31:25.68 (76.5238)
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 08:58:33.000 (JD=2458483.8739931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy GALEXASC J133302.64+763128.5

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 08:58:33.000
Flux: 18.31 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-24 05:42:43
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/2018lms