TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38161 [ 2019TNSTR1036....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-19 14:01:02
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 2019htv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19clp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:50:44.080 (222.683667) DEC = -56:41:43.08 (-56.6953)
Discovery date: 2019-06-18 04:13:26.000 (JD=2458652.6759954)


Remarks: very faint source in the Galactic plane brightens by 2.5 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-18 04:13:26.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-11 17:57:07
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/2019htv