TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38801 [ 2019TNSTR1093....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-28 08:24:41
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 2019iit
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19crd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:32:39.150 (38.163125) DEC = +04:21:48.31 (4.363419)
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 15:47:31.000 (JD=2458660.1579977)


Remarks: candidate SN in cluster galaxy SDSS J023239.18+042145.8

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 15:47:31.000
Flux: 18.58 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-04 20:36:57
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/2019iit