TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16773 [ 2018TNSTR.152....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-04 21:06:41
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: SN 2018oz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18aii
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:34:19.760 (53.582333) DEC = +39:35:34.55 (39.592931)
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 05:58:33.000 (JD=2458152.7489931)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J03341957+3935382

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 05:58:33.000
Flux: 18.3 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-16 18:18:43
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/2018oz