TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 41103 [ 2019TNSTR1162....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-07 12:19:26
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 2019krh
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cvt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:53:25.750 (193.357292) DEC = -66:20:54.17 (-66.348381)
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 05:54:14.000 (JD=2458668.7459954)


Remarks: bright Galactic plane star fades by 4 mag over 2 years

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-04 05:54:14.000
Flux: 20.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-06-08 05:52:48
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/2019krh