TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27729 [ 2019TNSTR...4....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-01 20:57:36
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 2018lgn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:21:58.480 (230.493667) DEC = -41:57:06.48 (-41.9518)
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 04:49:26.000 (JD=2458483.7009954)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens rapidly by ~1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-12-31 04:49:26.000
Flux: 17.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-08-05 19:03:21
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/2018lgn