Discovery certificate for object 2018anq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17547 [ 2018TNSTR.416....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-29 16:43:33
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 2018anq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ate
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:01:26.060 (255.358583) DEC = -31:03:59.18 (-31.066439)
Discovery date: 2018-03-27 10:07:40.000 (JD=2458204.9219907)


Remarks: candidate CV, blue Galactic plane transient. Nothing visible in PanSTARRS

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-27 10:07:40.000
Flux: 18.84 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-05 02:35:31
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/2018anq