Discovery certificate for object 2018ati
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17735 [ 2018TNSTR.474....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-11 13:20:58
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 2018ati
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18axh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:12:24.780 (153.10325) DEC = -15:10:52.79 (-15.181331)
Discovery date: 2018-04-09 22:17:45.000 (JD=2458218.4289931)


Remarks: candidate SN declining near faint fuzzy PanSTARRS object, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-09 22:17:45.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-20 05:31:12
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/2018ati