Discovery certificate for object 2018dxz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20662 [ 2018TNSTR.986....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-15 12:18:06
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 2018dxz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18buk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:25:42.590 (306.427458) DEC = +26:20:43.62 (26.34545)
Discovery date: 2018-07-13 05:52:48.000 (JD=2458312.745)


Remarks: faint Gaia source with intermittent 1 magnitude outbursts

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-13 05:52:48.000
Flux: 18.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-02 01:32:09
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/2018dxz