TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 32953 [ 2019TNSTR.556....1A ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-12 14:02:29
Date made public:
Sender: Leonardo Amaral
Reporting Group: BraTS     Discovery Data Source: BraTS

Leonardo Amaral (Observatorio Campo dos Amarais - OCA), Paulo Holvorcem (Holvorcem Ltda.), on behalf of the Brazilian Transient Search (BraTS) team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019dkc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:08:40.710 (227.169625) DEC = -29:09:44.03 (-29.162231)
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 03:03:29.000 (JD=2458585.627419)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 03:03:29.000
Flux: 18.5 Other
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: 3 frames taken over 0.73-h period with 0.31-m f/2.9 Newtonian reflector + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-30 03:57:47
Limiting flux: 19.5 Other
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Remarks: 3 frames taken over 0.48-h period with 0.31-m f/2.9 Newtonian reflector + CCD; zero points calibrated to UCAC-4 magnitudes

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019dkc