Discovery certificate for object 2018ash
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17697 [ 2018TNSTR.471....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-10 08:54:16
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: SN 2018ash
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18awf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:42:49.690 (310.707042) DEC = -29:22:38.86 (-29.377461)
Discovery date: 2018-04-05 07:53:45.000 (JD=2458213.8289931)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy GALEXASC J204249.73-292239.3 GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-05 07:53:45.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-20 02:29:45
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/2018ash