TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 41053 [ 2019TNSTR1159....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-06 20:29:48
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 2019kqj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cut
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:34:10.230 (218.542625) DEC = -52:15:59.08 (-52.266411)
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 10:27:50.000 (JD=2458667.9359954)


Remarks: outburst in likely CV ASASSN-19lw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-03 10:27:50.000
Flux: 16.29 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-08 23:55:40
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/2019kqj