Discovery certificate for object 2018bak
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17979 [ 2018TNSTR.532....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-23 20:35:11
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 2018bak
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18baf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:24:48.050 (156.200208) DEC = -02:30:35.64 (-2.5099)
Discovery date: 2018-04-12 16:33:35.000 (JD=2458221.1899884)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2dFGRS TGN221Z137

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-12 16:33:35.000
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-15 03:30:14
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/2018bak