TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34965 [ 2019TNSTR.776....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-14 03:55:31
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 2019fep
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bso
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:42:06.590 (190.527458) DEC = +18:10:24.71 (18.173531)
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 08:08:09.000 (JD=2458611.8389931)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with radio source NVSS J124206+181024 brightens by 0.6 mag in 5 days

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 08:08:09.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-01 23:45:36
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/2019fep