Discovery certificate for object 2018fly
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21959 [ 2018TNSTR1255....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-29 14:26:51
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 2018fly
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cin
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:19:07.380 (64.78075) DEC = -72:15:27.36 (-72.2576)
Discovery date: 2018-08-22 01:45:07.000 (JD=2458352.5729977)


Remarks: blue transient on DSS blob

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-22 01:45:07.000
Flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-19 21:50:24
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/2018fly