TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 32109 [ 2019TNSTR.501....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-04 21:33:36
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 2019cvq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bfk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:17:57.100 (214.487917) DEC = -45:16:01.81 (-45.267169)
Discovery date: 2019-04-02 11:49:55.000 (JD=2458575.9929977)


Remarks: blue hostless transient, also detected by MASTER. Candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-02 11:49:55.000
Flux: 16.08 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-26 05:42:43
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/2019cvq