TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30264 [ 2019TNSTR.290....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-27 15:31:52
Date made public:
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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 2019bfs
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19ass
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:23:42.590 (110.927458) DEC = +22:00:06.12 (22.0017)
Discovery date: 2019-02-23 18:40:19.000 (JD=2458538.2779977)


Remarks: candidate CV CRTS MLS120328 J072343+220006 brightens by 4 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-23 18:40:19.000
Flux: 15.93 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-25 17:11:02
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/2019bfs