Discovery certificate for object 2018gth
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23038 [ 2018TNSTR1434....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-23 22:01:06
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 2018gth
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18csm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:44:00.230 (56.000958) DEC = -29:19:00.62 (-29.316839)
Discovery date: 2018-09-20 18:44:38.000 (JD=2458382.2809954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J03440011-2918579, declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-20 18:44:38.000
Flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-14 13:04:48
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/2018gth