TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35921 [ 2019TNSTR.871....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-29 08:50:19
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 2019gbb
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19byo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:28:57.000 (322.2375) DEC = -72:19:20.78 (-72.322439)
Discovery date: 2019-05-27 09:28:48.000 (JD=2458630.895)


Remarks: blue transient near UV source GALEXASC J212856.68-721919.7

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-27 09:28:48.000
Flux: 17.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-21 15:48:57
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/2019gbb