TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16781 [ 2018TNSTR.155....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-05 11:45:58
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 2018pe
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ain
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:13:51.680 (273.465333) DEC = +00:28:32.23 (0.475619)
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 19:56:38.000 (JD=2458153.3309954)


Remarks: Hostless Galactic plane transient, declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 19:56:38.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-03 15:43:12
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/2018pe