TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23536 [ 2018TNSTR1575....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-14 21:33:07
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 2018hii
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18czn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:37:14.020 (84.308417) DEC = -07:03:41.18 (-7.061439)
Discovery date: 2018-10-10 18:15:50.000 (JD=2458402.2609954)


Remarks: Gaia source dims by more than 1 mag, YSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-10 18:15:50.000
Flux: 16.05 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-02 23:25:26
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/2018hii