TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33221 [ 2019TNSTR.599....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-19 15:56:18
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 2019dpk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bkp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:37:52.570 (219.469042) DEC = -71:23:50.50 (-71.397361)
Discovery date: 2019-04-17 22:13:26.000 (JD=2458591.4259954)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-17 22:13:26.000
Flux: 16.96 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-21 18:01:26
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/2019dpk