TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31538 [ 2019TNSTR.439....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-26 16:42:06
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 2019cka
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bcl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:33:22.080 (203.342) DEC = -60:09:20.30 (-60.155639)
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 10:33:36.000 (JD=2458530.94)


Remarks: variable red Galactic plane source brightens by 3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 10:33:36.000
Flux: 17.24 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-11 02:25:26
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/2019cka