TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31640 [ 2019TNSTR.458....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-28 22:13:21
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 2019clt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bcr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:46:38.420 (161.660083) DEC = -70:38:33.43 (-70.642619)
Discovery date: 2019-03-26 04:30:43.000 (JD=2458568.6879977)


Remarks: blue hostless transient declining

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-26 04:30:43.000
Flux: 18.13 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-19 18:37:26
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/2019clt