TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23444 [ 2018TNSTR1541....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-10 10:50:44
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 2018hfq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cyq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:16:59.390 (274.247458) DEC = -19:44:01.79 (-19.733831)
Discovery date: 2018-10-07 08:42:43.000 (JD=2458398.8629977)


Remarks: Possible YSO in nebula brightens by almost 2 mags in 6 months

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-07 08:42:43.000
Flux: 17.77 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-03 17:02:24
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/2018hfq