Discovery certificate for object 2018hqo
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23819 [ 2018TNSTR1652....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-30 18:01:59
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 2018hqo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dfa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:12:09.250 (168.038542) DEC = -02:20:14.28 (-2.3373)
Discovery date: 2018-10-28 01:07:40.000 (JD=2458419.5469907)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy MCG+00-29-005

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-28 01:07:40.000
Flux: 18.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-27 23:21:07
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/2018hqo