Discovery certificate for object 2018elx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21115 [ 2018TNSTR1056....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-30 17:22:09
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 2018elx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bxy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:09:23.320 (227.347167) DEC = -75:34:48.07 (-75.580019)
Discovery date: 2018-07-28 14:26:52.000 (JD=2458328.1019907)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~2 mags, known CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-28 14:26:52.000
Flux: 15.37 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-21 02:39:50
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/2018elx