Discovery certificate for object 2018ilk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24949 [ 2018TNSTR1762....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-13 12:41:35
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 2018ilk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18djq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:04:21.980 (136.091583) DEC = -11:13:25.50 (-11.22375)
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 05:35:31.000 (JD=2458434.7329977)


Remarks: declining blue transient close to extended PanSTARRS source, candidate SN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-12 05:35:31.000
Flux: 18 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-19 13:26:24
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/2018ilk