Discovery certificate for object 2018erj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21301 [ 2018TNSTR1110....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-06 12:36:23
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 2018erj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18can
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:36:37.290 (249.155375) DEC = -55:21:15.34 (-55.354261)
Discovery date: 2018-08-04 08:41:16.000 (JD=2458334.8619907)


Remarks: 3 mag outburst on Gaia and 2MASS source near the Galactic plane. candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-04 08:41:16.000
Flux: 15.6 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-11-04 13:59:31
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/2018erj