Discovery certificate for object 2018ml
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 16692 [ 2018TNSTR.142....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-02-01 10:46:02
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 2018ml
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ahp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:14:37.260 (108.65525) DEC = -20:49:16.93 (-20.821369)
Discovery date: 2018-01-29 04:37:55.000 (JD=2458147.6929977)


Remarks: 0.3 mag rise in Galactic plane source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-01-29 04:37:55.000
Flux: 18.39 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-04 16:43:40
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/2018ml