TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38911 [ 2019TNSTR1100....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-29 11:23:50
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 2019ilc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19csd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:58:51.600 (224.715) DEC = -15:48:57.24 (-15.8159)
Discovery date: 2019-06-27 17:00:57.000 (JD=2458662.2089931)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with CV candidate brightens by more than 2 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-27 17:00:57.000
Flux: 17.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-21 21:23:02
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/2019ilc