Discovery certificate for object 2018ili
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24947 [ 2018TNSTR1762....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-13 12:38:40
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 2018ili
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18djo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:09:26.020 (137.358417) DEC = -11:26:10.07 (-11.436131)
Discovery date: 2018-11-11 23:36:57.000 (JD=2458434.4839931)


Remarks: blue transient on very faint PanSTARRS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-11 23:36:57.000
Flux: 18.22 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-19 19:26:24
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/2018ili