Discovery certificate for object 2018bbf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18027 [ 2018TNSTR.538....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-24 13:09:45
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 2018bbf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ban
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:22:16.720 (80.569667) DEC = -45:59:09.28 (-45.985911)
Discovery date: 2018-04-21 09:14:24.000 (JD=2458229.885)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy ESO 252-20

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-21 09:14:24.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-15 12:11:31
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/2018bbf