TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 37305 [ 2019TNSTR.968....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-10 10:57:47
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 2019hdt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cez
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:27:15.970 (66.816542) DEC = +70:58:39.25 (70.977569)
Discovery date: 2019-06-08 14:24:00.000 (JD=2458643.1)


Remarks: candidate SN near faint PanSTARRS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-08 14:24:00.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-17 12:57:36
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/2019hdt