Discovery certificate for object 2018buk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18695 [ 2018TNSTR.677....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-20 20:14:34
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 2018buk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bgd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:45:21.010 (101.337542) DEC = -36:33:02.48 (-36.550689)
Discovery date: 2018-05-15 21:27:21.000 (JD=2458254.3939931)


Remarks: candidate SN near DSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-15 21:27:21.000
Flux: 18.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-22 11:21:07
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/2018buk