Discovery certificate for object 2018izv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25515 [ 2018TNSTR1819....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 19:02:14
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 2018izv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dnw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:41:32.870 (265.386958) DEC = +68:04:40.04 (68.077789)
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 17:21:07.000 (JD=2458445.2229977)


Remarks: 4.5 mag outburst of known CV CSS160910:174133+680440

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-22 17:21:07.000
Flux: 15.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-21 18:10:04
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/2018izv