TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28513 [ 2019TNSTR..56....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-09 17:18:01
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 2019mo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19acc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:27:17.880 (351.8245) DEC = -57:31:36.88 (-57.526911)
Discovery date: 2019-01-05 18:04:19.000 (JD=2458489.2529977)


Remarks: candidate SN near galaxy 2MASX J23271657-5731369

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-05 18:04:19.000
Flux: 18.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-28 08:58:33
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/2019mo