TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31121 [ 2019TNSTR.420....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-21 12:10:45
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 2019cbx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19baz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:06.570 (234.777375) DEC = -53:17:36.13 (-53.293369)
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 10:13:26.000 (JD=2458530.9259954)


Remarks: red Galactic plane source brightens by 1.5 mag, candidate microlensing event

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-16 10:13:26.000
Flux: 18.45 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-03-30 22:36:28
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/2019cbx