TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29990 [ 2019TNSTR.241....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-13 14:23:57
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 2019awy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aon
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:08:32.110 (317.133792) DEC = +34:08:57.95 (34.149431)
Discovery date: 2019-02-11 20:11:02.000 (JD=2458526.3409954)


Remarks: hostless blue transient, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-11 20:11:02.000
Flux: 16.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-27 02:00:57
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/2019awy