Discovery certificate for object 2018juj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26261 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 14:53:15
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 2018juj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dug
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:22:00.720 (35.503) DEC = -16:15:16.63 (-16.254619)
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 14:49:55.000 (JD=2458463.1179977)


Remarks: known QSO brightens by ~2 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-10 14:49:55.000
Flux: 17.11 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-01-20 19:16:19
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/2018juj