TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30129 [ 2019TNSTR.275....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-25 12:04:52
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 2019bbk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aqo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:33:47.830 (158.449292) DEC = -58:55:58.62 (-58.93295)
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 06:59:02.000 (JD=2458501.7909954)


Remarks: irregularly variable red star near Carina nebula brightens by 2 mag over 4 months, candidate YSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 06:59:02.000
Flux: 17.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-12-11 18:07:12
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/2019bbk