Discovery certificate for object 2018equ
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21284 [ 2018TNSTR1103....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-05 23:20:16
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 2018equ
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18bzz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:56:39.670 (44.165292) DEC = +37:08:23.21 (37.139781)
Discovery date: 2018-08-03 18:00:00.000 (JD=2458334.25)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with Dwarf Nova V* V372 Per brightens by ~4 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-03 18:00:00.000
Flux: 15.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-07 16:00:28
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/2018equ