Discovery certificate for object 2018hya
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24093 [ 2018TNSTR1715....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-06 15:31:00
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 2018hya
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dhf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:20:57.790 (200.240792) DEC = -63:14:40.70 (-63.244639)
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 00:34:33.000 (JD=2458427.5239931)


Remarks: Galactic plane Gaia source brightens by 3 mags, previous events seen

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 00:34:33.000
Flux: 17.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 03:51:50
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/2018hya