Discovery certificate for object 2018kat
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26532 [ 2018TNSTR1941....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-17 15:28:23
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 2018kat
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dvs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:11:43.350 (302.930625) DEC = +27:49:36.70 (27.826861)
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 08:36:57.000 (JD=2458466.8589931)


Remarks: variable red source brightens by 1.25 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-14 08:36:57.000
Flux: 18.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-20 18:43:12
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/2018kat