Discovery certificate for object 2018hnr
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23723 [ 2018TNSTR1630....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-24 10:02:31
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 2018hnr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18ddq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:38.400 (244.41) DEC = +56:52:37.74 (56.87715)
Discovery date: 2018-10-23 03:54:43.000 (JD=2458414.6629977)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with WISE AGN candidate brightens by more than 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-23 03:54:43.000
Flux: 19.02 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-19 16:27:50
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/2018hnr