Discovery certificate for object 2018juw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26278 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 15:02:39
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 2018juw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:54:52.910 (343.720458) DEC = +07:46:40.69 (7.777969)
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 19:55:12.000 (JD=2458464.33)


Remarks: red gaia source brightens by 1.5 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 19:55:12.000
Flux: 19.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-04 22:29:16
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/2018juw