Discovery certificate for object 2018faj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21588 [ 2018TNSTR1165....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-13 08:07:15
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 2018faj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ccu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:18:16.710 (259.569625) DEC = -38:28:30.76 (-38.475211)
Discovery date: 2018-08-10 02:54:14.000 (JD=2458340.6209954)


Remarks: long-term 0.3 mag rise on a star in the Galactic Plane, possible Mira or a microlensing event

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-10 02:54:14.000
Flux: 17.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-29 14:25:26
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/2018faj