TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31918 [ 2019TNSTR.493....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-03 08:40:07
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 2019csv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19ber
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:06:53.330 (76.722208) DEC = -03:20:52.69 (-3.347969)
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 23:51:21.000 (JD=2458574.4939931)


Remarks: known TTau star 2MASS J05065332-0320526 fades by 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 23:51:21.000
Flux: 14.74 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-07 18:02:52
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/2019csv