Discovery certificate for object 2018bz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16341 [ 2018TNSTR..32....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-09 09:46:00
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 2018bz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ace
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:52:11.570 (133.048208) DEC = -58:32:02.54 (-58.534039)
Discovery date: 2018-01-07 22:19:12.000 (JD=2458126.43)


Remarks: blue variable Galactic plane Gaia source fades by 2 magnitudes

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-07 22:19:12.000
Flux: 19.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-05 01:09:07
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/2018bz