Discovery certificate for object 2018jug
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26258 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 14:51:54
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 2018jug
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:19:48.860 (19.953583) DEC = -09:12:51.62 (-9.214339)
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 07:19:12.000 (JD=2458463.805)


Remarks: slow long-term brightening of QSO VV2006

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 07:19:12.000
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2015-08-22 21:33:07
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/2018jug