TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38048 [ 2019TNSTR1023....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-17 09:56:51
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 2019hrg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cjc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:02:35.640 (345.6485) DEC = -20:33:03.53 (-20.550981)
Discovery date: 2019-06-14 16:23:31.000 (JD=2458649.1829977)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with galaxy LEDA 840130 brightens by ~1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-14 16:23:31.000
Flux: 18.53 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-13 02:57:07
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/2019hrg