TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29852 [ 2019TNSTR.229....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-11 08:34:26
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 2019ath
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19amw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:11:38.400 (257.91) DEC = +05:39:50.87 (5.664131)
Discovery date: 2019-02-07 10:56:38.000 (JD=2458521.9559954)


Remarks: known CV ASASSN-13cs with 4.5 mag outburst

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-07 10:56:38.000
Flux: 15.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-09 04:58:04
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/2019ath