Discovery certificate for object 2018fho
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21810 [ 2018TNSTR1225....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-21 14:37:30
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 2018fho
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cgw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:59:54.920 (89.978833) DEC = +11:56:00.28 (11.933411)
Discovery date: 2018-08-17 12:10:04.000 (JD=2458348.0069907)


Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~2 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-17 12:10:04.000
Flux: 15.73 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-02-05 17:22:33
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/2018fho