Discovery certificate for object 2018cbs
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 18966 [ 2018TNSTR.721....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-05-29 09:34:32
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 2018cbs
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bja
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:04:47.420 (166.197583) DEC = -55:33:37.01 (-55.560281)
Discovery date: 2018-05-25 04:56:38.000 (JD=2458263.7059954)


Remarks: blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-05-25 04:56:38.000
Flux: 18.84 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-07 05:19:40
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/2018cbs