Discovery certificate for object 2018ecm
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 20815 [ 2018TNSTR1024....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-07-24 14:19:56
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 2018ecm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:00:09.290 (255.038708) DEC = +68:30:06.98 (68.501939)
Discovery date: 2018-07-18 18:50:24.000 (JD=2458318.285)


Remarks: Seyfert 1 galaxy 3FGL J1700.1+6829 brightens by more than 1.5 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-18 18:50:24.000
Flux: 15.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-10 03:31:40
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/2018ecm