TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 32147 [ 2019TNSTR.519....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-08 15:18:28
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 2019cwp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:06:56.840 (271.736833) DEC = -09:27:03.74 (-9.451039)
Discovery date: 2019-04-05 21:02:52.000 (JD=2458579.3769907)


Remarks: Galactic plane source brightens by 0.3 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-05 21:02:52.000
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-06 23:06:43
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/2019cwp