TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29396 [ 2019TNSTR.169....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-30 09:47:16
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 2019ahl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19ail
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:43:09.300 (325.78875) DEC = +26:42:51.37 (26.714269)
Discovery date: 2019-01-27 15:36:00.000 (JD=2458511.15)


Remarks: blue transient near faint SDSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-27 15:36:00.000
Flux: 19 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-14 22:06:14
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/2019ahl