Discovery certificate for object 2018hic
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23530 [ 2018TNSTR1575....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-14 21:24:18
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 2018hic
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18czh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:52:32.110 (298.133792) DEC = -21:42:40.43 (-21.711231)
Discovery date: 2018-10-10 08:29:45.000 (JD=2458401.8539931)


Remarks: candidate SN near PanSTARRS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-10 08:29:45.000
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-23 07:36:28
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/2018hic