Discovery certificate for object 2018ed
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16416 [ 2018TNSTR..40....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-01-11 16:53:39
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 2018ed
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18acm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:30:12.720 (307.553) DEC = +51:47:06.04 (51.785011)
Discovery date: 2018-01-09 08:58:33.000 (JD=2458127.8739931)


Remarks: blue hostless transient close to the Galactic plane, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-09 08:58:33.000
Flux: 18.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-09 07:35:02
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/2018ed