TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33422 [ 2019TNSTR.613....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-22 19:33:19
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 2019dua
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19blz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:21:36.240 (140.401) DEC = +62:15:52.16 (62.264489)
Discovery date: 2019-04-20 12:37:26.000 (JD=2458594.0259954)


Remarks: 0.7 mag flare in QSO 6C 091739+622838

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-20 12:37:26.000
Flux: 17.21 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-10 22:52:19
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/2019dua