TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29635 [ 2019TNSTR.205....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-05 23:49:51
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 2019ane
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19alr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:02:30.180 (120.62575) DEC = -28:28:51.02 (-28.480839)
Discovery date: 2019-02-04 05:31:12.000 (JD=2458518.73)


Remarks: variable red source brightens by 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-04 05:31:12.000
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-20 05:25:26
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/2019ane