TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33958 [ 2019TNSTR.673....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-30 13:46:58
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 2019eht
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bpn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:58:58.980 (89.74575) DEC = -66:41:18.42 (-66.68845)
Discovery date: 2019-03-25 04:50:52.000 (JD=2458567.7019907)


Remarks: 1.5 mag brightening of faint Gaia source over 2 months, becomes blue, in 75% probability area of GW

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-25 04:50:52.000
Flux: 19.39 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-25 12:51:50
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/2019eht