Discovery certificate for object 2018feh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21705 [ 2018TNSTR1196....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-17 11:51:36
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 2018feh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cfr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:54:40.480 (268.668667) DEC = -23:20:36.24 (-23.3434)
Discovery date: 2018-08-15 09:08:38.000 (JD=2458345.8809954)


Remarks: 1.3 mag brightening in Galactic plane source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-15 09:08:38.000
Flux: 16.92 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-28 02:06:43
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/2018feh