TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 37118 [ 2019TNSTR.948....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-07 09:15:43
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 2019hal
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cdi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:58:58.590 (149.744125) DEC = -28:21:53.68 (-28.364911)
Discovery date: 2019-06-06 16:46:33.000 (JD=2458641.1989931)


Remarks: known candidate CV in outburst

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-06 16:46:33.000
Flux: 16.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-02 13:00:28
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/2019hal