Discovery certificate for object 2018gpx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22918 [ 2018TNSTR1407....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-18 10:04:05
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 2018gpx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18crj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:10:29.130 (227.621375) DEC = -02:10:09.55 (-2.169319)
Discovery date: 2018-09-16 22:46:33.000 (JD=2458378.4489931)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy ARK 473

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-16 22:46:33.000
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-08 17:21:07
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/2018gpx