TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30262 [ 2019TNSTR.290....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-27 15:29:33
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 2019bfq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19asq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:15:03.310 (288.763792) DEC = -58:34:25.72 (-58.573811)
Discovery date: 2019-02-23 05:52:48.000 (JD=2458537.745)


Remarks: candidate CV ASASSN-18ne brightens by 3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-23 05:52:48.000
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-21 21:07:12
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/2019bfq