Discovery certificate for object 2018iof
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25098 [ 2018TNSTR1790....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-18 20:23:01
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 2018iof
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dkp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:55:07.410 (178.780875) DEC = -63:22:57.07 (-63.382519)
Discovery date: 2018-11-14 12:33:07.000 (JD=2458437.0229977)


Remarks: slow rise of ~0.3 mags in Gaia source in Galactic plane, candidate microlensing event

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-14 12:33:07.000
Flux: 16.2 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-01 18:27:21
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/2018iof