Discovery certificate for object 2018emq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21141 [ 2018TNSTR1068....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-01 09:43:40
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 2018emq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18byj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:29:59.130 (67.496375) DEC = +72:00:15.77 (72.004381)
Discovery date: 2018-07-30 17:19:40.000 (JD=2458330.2219907)


Remarks: candidate SN near PanSTARRs galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-30 17:19:40.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-07 19:22:04
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/2018emq