Discovery certificate for object 2018kvs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27340 [ 2018TNSTR1982....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-26 12:01:23
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 2018kvs
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dzf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:54:01.040 (343.504333) DEC = +62:35:21.34 (62.589261)
Discovery date: 2018-12-23 20:28:19.000 (JD=2458476.3529977)


Remarks: YSO dims by 1.5 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-23 20:28:19.000
Flux: 20.07 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-19 06:40:19
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/2018kvs