TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33195 [ 2019TNSTR.599....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-19 09:30:00
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 2019dot
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bjp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:18:55.800 (124.7325) DEC = +15:25:19.45 (15.422069)
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 23:54:14.000 (JD=2458586.4959954)


Remarks: red star brightens by ~1.5 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-12 23:54:14.000
Flux: 17.97 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-01 13:00:28
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/2019dot