Discovery certificate for object 2018awc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17827 [ 2018TNSTR.508....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-18 13:58:30
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 2018awc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18azk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:56:23.540 (329.098083) DEC = +21:11:19.14 (21.18865)
Discovery date: 2018-04-16 19:06:14.000 (JD=2458225.2959954)


Remarks: candidate SN, GS-TEC predicts SN Ia

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-16 19:06:14.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-05 02:44:09
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/2018awc