TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28899 [ 2019TNSTR.106....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-17 11:12:29
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 2019uf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19afb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:23:54.980 (170.979083) DEC = -11:56:30.08 (-11.941689)
Discovery date: 2019-01-15 18:12:57.000 (JD=2458499.2589931)


Remarks: candidate blazar brightens by 2 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-15 18:12:57.000
Flux: 17.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-24 11:11:02
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/2019uf