Discovery certificate for object 2018ijb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24839 [ 2018TNSTR1751....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-11 16:47:14
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 2018ijb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18djc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:34:10.250 (293.542708) DEC = -45:46:56.50 (-45.782361)
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 01:30:43.000 (JD=2458431.5629977)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-09 01:30:43.000
Flux: 18.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-04 22:00:28
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/2018ijb