TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 37729 [ 2019TNSTR1009....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-14 10:09:46
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 2019hmj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19chk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:48:57.540 (327.23975) DEC = -38:57:36.58 (-38.960161)
Discovery date: 2019-06-12 16:46:33.000 (JD=2458647.1989931)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy APMUKS(BJ) B214554.10-391137.6

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-12 16:46:33.000
Flux: 18.6 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-18 22:45:07
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/2019hmj