Discovery certificate for object 2018ips
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25137 [ 2018TNSTR1794....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-19 15:37:37
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 2018ips
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dlu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:17:56.500 (304.485417) DEC = +41:42:50.80 (41.714111)
Discovery date: 2018-11-17 09:04:19.000 (JD=2458439.8779977)


Remarks: long-term 1mag decline in Gaia source in the Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-17 09:04:19.000
Flux: 20.04 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-23 05:03:50
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/2018ips