Discovery certificate for object 2018eer
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20890 [ 2018TNSTR1040....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-27 11:51:57
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 2018eer
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bxa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:30:56.530 (172.735542) DEC = -61:07:08.29 (-61.118969)
Discovery date: 2018-07-25 02:39:50.000 (JD=2458324.6109954)


Remarks: blue transient in Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-25 02:39:50.000
Flux: 17.49 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-21 21:02:52
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/2018eer