TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16930 [ 2018TNSTR.218....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-14 23:34:10
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 2018uj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18akb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:02:30.910 (270.628792) DEC = -27:50:34.91 (-27.843031)
Discovery date: 2018-02-08 14:28:19.000 (JD=2458158.1029977)
Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~0.3 mags
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-08 14:28:19.000
Flux: 16.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-08 08:34:04
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/2018uj
Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-14 23:34:10
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 2018uj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18akb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:02:30.910 (270.628792) DEC = -27:50:34.91 (-27.843031)
Discovery date: 2018-02-08 14:28:19.000 (JD=2458158.1029977)
Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~0.3 mags
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-02-08 14:28:19.000
Flux: 16.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-08 08:34:04
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/2018uj