Discovery certificate for object 2018hrc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23840 [ 2018TNSTR1655....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-10-31 15:14:07
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 2018hrc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:31:37.150 (157.904792) DEC = -58:29:49.99 (-58.497219)
Discovery date: 2018-10-29 18:20:09.000 (JD=2458421.2639931)


Remarks: Faint red Gaia source in the Galactic plane brightens by 0.3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-10-29 18:20:09.000
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-31 07:42:14
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/2018hrc