Discovery certificate for object 2018hyb
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 24094 [ 2018TNSTR1715....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-11-06 15:31:50
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 2018hyb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dhg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:28:54.020 (187.225083) DEC = -54:11:58.96 (-54.199711)
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 00:23:02.000 (JD=2458427.5159954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by 3 mags, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-05 00:23:02.000
Flux: 17.22 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-19 08:00:57
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/2018hyb