TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38597 [ 2019TNSTR1070....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-25 22:45:23
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 2019idp
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cqa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:39:15.870 (204.816125) DEC = +39:02:36.53 (39.043481)
Discovery date: 2019-06-24 11:49:55.000 (JD=2458658.9929977)


Remarks: 0.6 mag slow rise in known SDSS QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-24 11:49:55.000
Flux: 18.66 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-05-17 00:43:12
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/2019idp