TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 36559 [ 2019TNSTR.908....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-02 17:29:10
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 2019grr
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cac
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:46:46.340 (296.693083) DEC = -19:55:06.67 (-19.918519)
Discovery date: 2019-05-30 14:38:24.000 (JD=2458634.11)


Remarks: ~0.7 mag brightening in Gaia source coincident with galaxy 2MASX J19464636-1955069

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-30 14:38:24.000
Flux: 18.64 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-19 10:16:19
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/2019grr