TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31134 [ 2019TNSTR.428....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-23 14:50:57
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 2019cch
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bbf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:00:25.710 (45.107125) DEC = +16:33:35.57 (16.559881)
Discovery date: 2019-03-20 13:56:38.000 (JD=2458563.0809954)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy 2MASX J03002590+1633360

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-20 13:56:38.000
Flux: 18.34 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-08 02:41:16
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/2019cch