Discovery certificate for object 2018bcr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18084 [ 2018TNSTR.561....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-29 16:12:16
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: AT 2018bcr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bbb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:56:16.820 (329.070083) DEC = -02:45:29.45 (-2.758181)
Discovery date: 2018-04-08 09:10:04.000 (JD=2458216.8819907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 6dFGS gJ215616.1-024533

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-08 09:10:04.000
Flux: 19.28 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-27 20:38:24
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/2018bcr