TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16492 [ 2018TNSTR..60....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-15 14:07:40
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 2018gp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18adk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:52:24.320 (253.101333) DEC = +53:27:15.80 (53.454389)
Discovery date: 2018-01-13 15:31:40.000 (JD=2458132.1469907)
Remarks: candidate SN rising near likely DSS/PanSTARRS galaxy, GS-TEC predicts SN II
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-13 15:31:40.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-12 20:19:40
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/2018gp
Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-15 14:07:40
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 2018gp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18adk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:52:24.320 (253.101333) DEC = +53:27:15.80 (53.454389)
Discovery date: 2018-01-13 15:31:40.000 (JD=2458132.1469907)
Remarks: candidate SN rising near likely DSS/PanSTARRS galaxy, GS-TEC predicts SN II
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-13 15:31:40.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-12 20:19:40
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/2018gp