TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33784 [ 2019TNSTR.645....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-27 09:36:53
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 2019edj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19boe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:25:20.450 (336.335208) DEC = +56:40:28.85 (56.674681)
Discovery date: 2019-04-25 01:36:28.000 (JD=2458598.5669907)


Remarks: variable star brightens by more than 2 mag and gets bluer, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-25 01:36:28.000
Flux: 16.94 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-29 11:13:55
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/2019edj