Discovery certificate for object 2018jkx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25904 [ 2018TNSTR1872....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-05 12:57:51
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 2018jkx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18drj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:13:06.800 (228.278333) DEC = +32:45:13.36 (32.753711)
Discovery date: 2018-12-04 17:22:33.000 (JD=2458457.2239931)


Remarks: 0.5 mag blue rise in the nucleus of the galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-04 17:22:33.000
Flux: 18.95 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-12 17:38:24
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/2018jkx