Discovery certificate for object 2018fhp
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 21811 [ 2018TNSTR1225....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-08-21 14:37:58
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 2018fhp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cgx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:54:07.270 (88.530292) DEC = +12:35:53.70 (12.59825)
Discovery date: 2018-08-17 00:10:04.000 (JD=2458347.5069907)


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

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-17 00:10:04.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-26 04:55:12
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/2018fhp