Discovery certificate for object 2018dcr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19968 [ 2018TNSTR.924....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-04 11:42:55
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 2018dcr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18brw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:43:46.110 (25.942125) DEC = +04:13:23.74 (4.223261)
Discovery date: 2018-06-12 02:39:50.000 (JD=2458281.6109954)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy NGC 664

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-12 02:39:50.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-22 18:24:28
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/2018dcr