TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 41095 [ 2019TNSTR1159....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-06 20:43:27
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 2019kra
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cvm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:40:54.700 (70.227917) DEC = -21:45:19.87 (-21.755519)
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 20:38:24.000 (JD=2458669.36)


Remarks: Gaia source coincident with galaxy brightens by ~0.6 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 20:38:24.000
Flux: 18.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-06 01:29:16
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/2019kra