Discovery certificate for object 2018fta
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22186 [ 2018TNSTR1291....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-04 10:09:38
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 2018fta
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cmd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:51:54.690 (117.977875) DEC = -08:24:00.58 (-8.400161)
Discovery date: 2018-08-31 18:40:19.000 (JD=2458362.2779977)


Remarks: blue, apparently hostless blue transient near Galactic plane, fading

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-31 18:40:19.000
Flux: 18.01 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-20 17:44:09
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/2018fta