TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16867 [ 2018TNSTR.199....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-12 10:57:02
Sender: Gaia (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 2018sa
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18aje
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:37:35.950 (249.399792) DEC = -45:59:32.53 (-45.992369)
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 08:51:21.000 (JD=2458155.8689931)
Remarks: Red Galactic plane source brightens by 2.8 mags, microlensing candidate
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 08:51:21.000
Flux: 17.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-18 07:43:40
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/2018sa
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-12 10:57:02
Sender: Gaia (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 2018sa
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18aje
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:37:35.950 (249.399792) DEC = -45:59:32.53 (-45.992369)
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 08:51:21.000 (JD=2458155.8689931)
Remarks: Red Galactic plane source brightens by 2.8 mags, microlensing candidate
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 08:51:21.000
Flux: 17.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-08-18 07:43:40
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/2018sa