Discovery certificate for object 2018gqy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22955 [ 2018TNSTR1413....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-19 11:38:47
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 2018gqy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18crr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:51:33.590 (147.889958) DEC = -61:18:39.42 (-61.31095)
Discovery date: 2018-09-18 07:39:21.000 (JD=2458379.8189931)


Remarks: 4 mag outburst of CV ASASSN-17gf

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-18 07:39:21.000
Flux: 13.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-06 17:39:50
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/2018gqy