Discovery certificate for object 2018jae
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25530 [ 2018TNSTR1819....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-25 23:41:13
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 2018jae
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dol
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:51:45.160 (117.938167) DEC = +41:15:35.89 (41.259969)
Discovery date: 2018-11-24 22:49:26.000 (JD=2458447.4509954)


Remarks: brightening in erratically variable QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-24 22:49:26.000
Flux: 18.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-09-25 10:01:55
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/2018jae