TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24160 [ 2018TNSTR1723....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-07 10:00:51
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2018hzt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dhx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:39:58.020 (204.99175) DEC = -63:44:20.94 (-63.73915)
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 12:36:00.000 (JD=2458428.025)


Remarks: variable Gaia source in the Galactic plane brightens by 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 12:36:00.000
Flux: 17.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-22 21:48:57
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/2018hzt