TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38805 [ 2019TNSTR1093....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-28 08:27:01
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 2019iiw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19crh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:38:06.400 (219.526667) DEC = +05:31:02.35 (5.517319)
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 11:19:40.000 (JD=2458660.9719907)


Remarks: 1.6 mag brightening consistent with the center of galaxy SDSS J143806.39+053102.5

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 11:19:40.000
Flux: 18.85 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-02 23:31:12
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/2019iiw