TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 28854 [ 2019TNSTR..92....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-15 13:53:22
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 2019tf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aem
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:56.700 (207.48625) DEC = -65:18:06.59 (-65.301831)
Discovery date: 2019-01-13 11:15:21.000 (JD=2458496.9689931)


Remarks: 4 mag brightening in Galactic plane source, previous events in lightcurve. CV candidate

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-13 11:15:21.000
Flux: 14.59 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-05-27 20:54:14
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/2019tf