TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33217 [ 2019TNSTR.599....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-19 15:45:27
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 2019dph
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bkl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:51:53.870 (87.974458) DEC = +65:04:36.88 (65.076911)
Discovery date: 2019-04-16 12:47:31.000 (JD=2458590.0329977)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by more than 4 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-16 12:47:31.000
Flux: 16.12 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-17 02:55:40
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/2019dph