TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 25789 [ 2018TNSTR1859....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-12-03 12:52:27
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 2018jhq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18dqe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:58:32.070 (74.633625) DEC = -32:49:00.77 (-32.816881)
Discovery date: 2018-11-30 12:20:09.000 (JD=2458453.0139931)


Remarks: 2 mag brightening in Gaia source, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-11-30 12:20:09.000
Flux: 17.36 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-17 00:48:57
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/2018jhq