Discovery certificate for object 2018jut
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26275 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 15:01:29
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 2018jut
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18duu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:54:08.310 (208.534625) DEC = +13:01:56.10 (13.03225)
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 23:48:28.000 (JD=2458463.4919907)


Remarks: long term brightening of Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 23:48:28.000
Flux: 19.38 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-06 16:13:26
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/2018jut