Discovery certificate for object 2018izw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25516 [ 2018TNSTR1819....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 19:14:44
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 2018izw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dnx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:34:33.680 (278.640333) DEC = +19:39:34.27 (19.659519)
Discovery date: 2018-11-23 20:42:43.000 (JD=2458446.3629977)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-23 20:42:43.000
Flux: 16.89 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-15 16:59:31
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/2018izw