Discovery certificate for object 2018dcj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 19958 [ 2018TNSTR.917....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-03 19:09:16
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 2018dcj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18brq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:07:16.730 (301.819708) DEC = +28:35:20.40 (28.589)
Discovery date: 2018-06-30 23:41:16.000 (JD=2458300.4869907)


Remarks: red Galactic plane star fades by 0.6 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-06-30 23:41:16.000
Flux: 17.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-24 14:45:36
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/2018dcj