Discovery certificate for object 2018hbr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23323 [ 2018TNSTR1497....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-03 21:00:45
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 2018hbr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cwg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:17:01.760 (229.257333) DEC = +17:39:26.82 (17.65745)
Discovery date: 2018-10-02 17:18:14.000 (JD=2458394.2209954)


Remarks: 0.3 mag fast flare in red star

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-02 17:18:14.000
Flux: 18.24 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-22 09:23:02
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/2018hbr