Discovery certificate for object 2018foh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22026 [ 2018TNSTR1267....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-31 17:09:51
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 2018foh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ckk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:31:06.720 (292.778) DEC = +11:14:36.74 (11.243539)
Discovery date: 2018-08-27 09:50:24.000 (JD=2458357.91)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient in Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-27 09:50:24.000
Flux: 18.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-19 07:01:55
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/2018foh