TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31097 [ 2019TNSTR.413....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-20 15:37:24
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 2019cbf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bap
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:05:40.300 (211.417917) DEC = +56:49:31.73 (56.825481)
Discovery date: 2019-03-19 08:03:50.000 (JD=2458561.8359954)


Remarks: centre of galaxy 2MASS J14054028+5649317 brightens by ~0.7 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-19 08:03:50.000
Flux: 18.72 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-28 17:38:24
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/2019cbf