Discovery certificate for object 2018emu
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21145 [ 2018TNSTR1068....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-01 14:59:32
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 2018emu
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bym
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:41:59.860 (40.499417) DEC = +58:18:47.20 (58.313111)
Discovery date: 2018-07-31 05:39:50.000 (JD=2458330.7359954)


Remarks: emission line star LS V +58 14 brightens by 0.3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-07-31 05:39:50.000
Flux: 11.61 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-10-22 14:36:57
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/2018emu