Discovery certificate for object 2018hdq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23383 [ 2018TNSTR1529....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-08 14:40:44
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 2018hdq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cwy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:16:59.570 (34.248208) DEC = -35:30:47.99 (-35.513331)
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 07:06:14.000 (JD=2458395.7959954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J02165950-3530445

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-04 07:06:14.000
Flux: 18.27 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-11 07:19:12
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/2018hdq