Discovery certificate for object 2018hxz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24092 [ 2018TNSTR1715....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-06 15:30:04
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 2018hxz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dhe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:34:24.190 (203.600792) DEC = -65:17:32.06 (-65.292239)
Discovery date: 2018-11-04 20:24:00.000 (JD=2458427.35)


Remarks: hostless Galactic plane transient declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-04 20:24:00.000
Flux: 18.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-22 21:47:31
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/2018hxz