Discovery certificate for object 2018agw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 17340 [ 2018TNSTR.351....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-03-16 14:02:18
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 2018agw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18aqf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:27:43.760 (171.932333) DEC = -58:14:34.40 (-58.242889)
Discovery date: 2018-03-14 15:18:43.000 (JD=2458192.1379977)


Remarks: transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-03-14 15:18:43.000
Flux: 18.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-04 17:28:19
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/2018agw