Discovery certificate for object 2018bzh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18864 [ 2018TNSTR.711....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-26 11:10:07
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 2018bzh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:08:29.030 (212.120958) DEC = -70:16:16.68 (-70.2713)
Discovery date: 2018-05-24 08:47:02.000 (JD=2458262.8659954)


Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-24 08:47:02.000
Flux: 17.69 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-05 15:05:45
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/2018bzh