Discovery certificate for object 2018hfi
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23436 [ 2018TNSTR1534....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-09 22:14:26
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 2018hfi
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cym
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:48:58.450 (267.243542) DEC = -15:46:31.80 (-15.7755)
Discovery date: 2018-10-06 20:48:28.000 (JD=2458398.3669907)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~0.6 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-06 20:48:28.000
Flux: 17.86 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-16 03:15:50
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/2018hfi