TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30519 [ 2019TNSTR.325....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-05 22:08:40
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 2019bmo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19avd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:28:18.270 (277.076125) DEC = -03:03:21.31 (-3.055919)
Discovery date: 2019-03-04 09:14:24.000 (JD=2458546.885)


Remarks: 1.5 mag flare on red star. Previous events seen.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-04 09:14:24.000
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-06 15:33:07
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/2019bmo