Discovery certificate for object 2018fgl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21775 [ 2018TNSTR1225....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-21 09:51:23
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 2018fgl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cfy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:06:22.900 (271.595417) DEC = -29:38:27.89 (-29.641081)
Discovery date: 2018-08-15 03:01:26.000 (JD=2458345.6259954)


Remarks: 0.8 mag brightening in Galactic plane source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-15 03:01:26.000
Flux: 16.56 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-09 06:47:31
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/2018fgl