TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16907 [ 2018TNSTR.213....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-13 10:24:00
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 2018tn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ajo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:24:57.550 (276.239792) DEC = -03:40:55.56 (-3.6821)
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 21:47:31.000 (JD=2458156.4079977)


Remarks: red Galactic plane transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-06 21:47:31.000
Flux: 17.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-17 03:05:45
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/2018tn