TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28362 [ 2019TNSTR..46....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-08 23:06:58
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 2019kl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19abs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:26:28.790 (186.619958) DEC = +54:10:55.99 (54.182219)
Discovery date: 2019-01-04 09:18:43.000 (JD=2458487.8879977)


Remarks: candidate SN in LINER galaxy MCG+09-20-176

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-04 09:18:43.000
Flux: 18.37 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-29 11:52:48
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/2019kl