Discovery certificate for object 2018itu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25291 [ 2018TNSTR1807....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-21 17:58:36
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 2018itu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dmq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:04:49.880 (106.207833) DEC = +07:03:13.28 (7.053689)
Discovery date: 2018-11-19 11:21:07.000 (JD=2458441.9729977)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~1 mag, previous outburst in lightcurve

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-19 11:21:07.000
Flux: 17.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-17 22:10:33
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/2018itu