Discovery certificate for object 2018fpt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22072 [ 2018TNSTR1274....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-01 11:15:12
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 2018fpt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ckx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:45:47.560 (296.448167) DEC = +29:27:32.29 (29.458969)
Discovery date: 2018-08-27 16:07:40.000 (JD=2458358.1719907)


Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~0.6 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-27 16:07:40.000
Flux: 18.24 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-06-30 13:22:04
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/2018fpt