Discovery certificate for object 2018hhh
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23501 [ 2018TNSTR1559....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-12 17:58:51
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 2018hhh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18czb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:18:33.210 (4.638375) DEC = -42:02:01.64 (-42.033789)
Discovery date: 2018-10-09 07:35:02.000 (JD=2458400.8159954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by more than 1 mag, coincident with radio source PMN J0018-4202

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-09 07:35:02.000
Flux: 18.99 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-09 01:35:02
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/2018hhh