Discovery certificate for object 2018hrb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23839 [ 2018TNSTR1655....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-31 15:13:26
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 2018hrb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dft
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:40:35.950 (160.149792) DEC = -48:02:23.57 (-48.039881)
Discovery date: 2018-10-29 12:08:38.000 (JD=2458421.0059954)


Remarks: hostless blue transient, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-29 12:08:38.000
Flux: 17.26 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-14 21:30:14
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/2018hrb