TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38814 [ 2019TNSTR1093....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-28 09:33:22
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 2019ije
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19crp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:44:42.100 (221.175417) DEC = -13:05:17.48 (-13.088189)
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 11:02:24.000 (JD=2458660.96)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by 0.6 mag in <=5 months

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 11:02:24.000
Flux: 17.91 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-20 22:36:28
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/2019ije