TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31637 [ 2019TNSTR.458....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-28 22:11:00
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 2019cls
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bco
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:12:04.330 (78.018042) DEC = -48:44:12.26 (-48.736739)
Discovery date: 2019-03-26 11:09:36.000 (JD=2458568.965)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 484295

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-26 11:09:36.000
Flux: 18.65 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-28 23:21:07
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/2019cls