TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16811 [ 2018TNSTR.185....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-09 10:12:14
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 2018qf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ais
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:32:31.500 (83.13125) DEC = +14:52:09.80 (14.869389)
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 23:25:26.000 (JD=2458153.4759954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J05323154+1452101

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-03 23:25:26.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-25 12:31:40
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/2018qf