Discovery certificate for object 2018knl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27047 [ 2018TNSTR1966....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-23 22:48:54
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 2018knl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dye
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:00:57.100 (105.237917) DEC = -51:04:38.86 (-51.077461)
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 23:58:33.000 (JD=2458474.4989931)


Remarks: blue transient near DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-21 23:58:33.000
Flux: 18.35 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-21 02:02:24
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/2018knl