Discovery certificate for object 2018etg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21360 [ 2018TNSTR1124....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-08 11:40:39
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 2018etg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cbf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:04:38.860 (241.161917) DEC = -41:06:17.39 (-41.104831)
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 02:57:07.000 (JD=2458336.6229977)


Remarks: Long-term increase in brightness of ~1 mag in Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-06 02:57:07.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-27 22:24:57
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/2018etg