TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 36512 [ 2019TNSTR.896....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-01 22:42:10
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 2019gqn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bzx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:56:17.220 (119.07175) DEC = -63:09:29.56 (-63.158211)
Discovery date: 2019-05-30 22:10:33.000 (JD=2458634.4239931)


Remarks: apparently hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-30 22:10:33.000
Flux: 18.42 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-29 00:15:50
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/2019gqn