Discovery certificate for object 2018bsb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18624 [ 2018TNSTR.648....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-16 08:56:58
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 2018bsb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bfn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:28:08.480 (277.035333) DEC = -00:01:05.70 (-0.01825)
Discovery date: 2018-05-14 07:10:33.000 (JD=2458252.7989931)


Remarks: YSO brightens by about 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-14 07:10:33.000
Flux: 15.79 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-09-19 17:19:40
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/2018bsb