TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16873 [ 2018TNSTR.199....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-12 11:52:35
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 2018sg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ajk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:18:31.740 (94.63225) DEC = +05:12:49.28 (5.213689)
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 05:15:21.000 (JD=2458155.7189931)


Remarks: 1 mag flare in red star

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 05:15:21.000
Flux: 17.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-15 00:14:24
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/2018sg