Discovery certificate for object 2018jur
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 26273 [ 2018TNSTR1920....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-14 15:00:47
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 2018jur
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dus
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:05:42.700 (241.427917) DEC = +20:18:19.76 (20.305489)
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 09:28:48.000 (JD=2458463.895)


Remarks: Galaxy shaped source in SDSS brightens by 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-11 09:28:48.000
Flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-11 05:15:21
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/2018jur