TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35598 [ 2019TNSTR.829....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-22 10:57:57
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 2019fso
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bwe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:20:41.440 (290.172667) DEC = -14:12:15.95 (-14.204431)
Discovery date: 2019-05-20 02:22:33.000 (JD=2458623.5989931)


Remarks: 1 mag brightening of variable Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-20 02:22:33.000
Flux: 18.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-01 23:12:28
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/2019fso