TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30131 [ 2019TNSTR.275....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-25 12:07:08
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 2019bbm
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aqq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:23:28.970 (245.870708) DEC = -50:37:37.09 (-50.626969)
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 22:06:14.000 (JD=2458531.4209954)


Remarks: red star in the Galactic plane brightens by 1.3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 22:06:14.000
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-02 04:20:38
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/2019bbm