TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 37290 [ 2019TNSTR.968....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-10 10:48:46
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 2019hdi
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19ceo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:33:40.030 (173.416792) DEC = -52:42:50.15 (-52.713931)
Discovery date: 2019-06-08 10:22:04.000 (JD=2458642.9319907)


Remarks: blue transient on blue DSS source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-08 10:22:04.000
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-19 06:30:14
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/2019hdi