TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30503 [ 2019TNSTR.325....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-05 09:42:51
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 2019bme
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:27:05.650 (336.773542) DEC = -53:55:14.38 (-53.920661)
Discovery date: 2019-03-03 16:20:38.000 (JD=2458546.1809954)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 192200

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-03 16:20:38.000
Flux: 17.85 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-13 19:55:12
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/2019bme