Discovery certificate for object 2018awh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17839 [ 2018TNSTR.514....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-04-19 09:41:27
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 2018awh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18azp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:03:21.380 (330.839083) DEC = +14:46:07.57 (14.768769)
Discovery date: 2018-04-18 01:13:26.000 (JD=2458226.5509954)


Remarks: known CV CRTS J220321.3+144606 brightens by >2.5 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-04-18 01:13:26.000
Flux: 15.44 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-07 14:51:21
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/2018awh