Discovery certificate for object 2018frh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 22126 [ 2018TNSTR1279....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-02 17:34:01
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 2018frh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cls
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:02:49.430 (135.705958) DEC = -46:44:42.07 (-46.745019)
Discovery date: 2018-08-30 07:22:04.000 (JD=2458360.8069907)


Remarks: Gaia source in Galactic plane brightens by ~1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-08-30 07:22:04.000
Flux: 16.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-20 17:31:12
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/2018frh