TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34996 [ 2019TNSTR.776....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-14 10:15:41
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 2019ffl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19btj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:56:14.460 (284.06025) DEC = +16:29:48.37 (16.496769)
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 01:50:52.000 (JD=2458614.5769907)


Remarks: Gaia source fades by >1.5 mag over 8 months

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 01:50:52.000
Flux: 20.37 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-26 22:39:21
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/2019ffl