TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31091 [ 2019TNSTR.413....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-20 15:35:06
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 2019cbd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19baj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:11:28.860 (227.87025) DEC = -24:37:42.78 (-24.62855)
Discovery date: 2019-03-19 03:27:21.000 (JD=2458561.6439931)


Remarks: blue source close to very faint PanSTARRS source, coincident with MASTER OT J151128.92-243742.9

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-19 03:27:21.000
Flux: 17.9 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-09 23:44:09
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/2019cbd