Discovery certificate for object 2018heo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23413 [ 2018TNSTR1534....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-09 14:29:56
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 2018heo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cxq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:20:51.090 (125.212875) DEC = +49:34:31.40 (49.575389)
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 23:02:24.000 (JD=2458396.46)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with known CV brightens by ~2 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 23:02:24.000
Flux: 18.44 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-30 04:56:38
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/2018heo