TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 37575 [ 2019TNSTR.985....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-11 15:22:21
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 2019hij
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cfm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:48:25.140 (177.10475) DEC = -48:56:45.20 (-48.945889)
Discovery date: 2019-06-09 16:24:57.000 (JD=2458644.1839931)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-09 16:24:57.000
Flux: 17.49 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-13 04:40:48
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/2019hij