Discovery certificate for object 2018hcx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23363 [ 2018TNSTR1522....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-07 00:48:13
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 2018hcx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cwr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:10:59.980 (77.749917) DEC = +17:54:12.42 (17.90345)
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 13:43:40.000 (JD=2458396.0719907)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 13:43:40.000
Flux: 18.86 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-07 01:52:19
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/2018hcx