TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33222 [ 2019TNSTR.599....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-19 15:57:20
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 2019dpl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bkq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:16:00.670 (274.002792) DEC = -69:29:18.89 (-69.488581)
Discovery date: 2019-04-17 21:54:43.000 (JD=2458591.4129977)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-17 21:54:43.000
Flux: 18.48 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-17 12:00:00
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/2019dpl