Discovery certificate for object 2018hey
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23423 [ 2018TNSTR1534....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-09 16:10:34
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 2018hey
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cya
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:38:26.570 (84.610708) DEC = +16:14:51.14 (16.247539)
Discovery date: 2018-10-06 05:54:14.000 (JD=2458397.7459954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by more than 1 mag, previous outburst in lightcurve

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-06 05:54:14.000
Flux: 18.61 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-06 07:56:38
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/2018hey