TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28900 [ 2019TNSTR.106....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-17 11:12:50
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 2019ug
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19afc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:38.730 (170.661375) DEC = -05:39:49.36 (-5.663711)
Discovery date: 2019-01-15 16:20:38.000 (JD=2458499.1809954)


Remarks: 3 mag outburst on blue variable source, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-15 16:20:38.000
Flux: 16.92 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-07-05 21:27:21
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/2019ug