TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34572 [ 2019TNSTR.736....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-09 09:12:58
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 2019evo
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bsg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:19.690 (302.332042) DEC = +21:33:35.75 (21.559931)
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 01:59:31.000 (JD=2458611.5829977)


Remarks: hostless blue transient near Galactic plane

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 01:59:31.000
Flux: 18.52 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-06 20:16:48
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/2019evo