TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 72037 [ 2020TNSTR1566....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-26 08:48:16
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts
S.T. Hodgkin, E. Breedt, A. Delgado, D.L. Harrison, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, T. Wevers, A. Yoldas (IoA Cambridge), N. Ihanec, K. Kruszyńska, K.A. Rybicki, Ł. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory), Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska (Leiden Observatory), D. Eappachen (SRON/RU), G. Marton (Konkoly Observatory), on behalf of the Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020lct
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20clb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:59.820 (7.99925) DEC = +63:30:51.62 (63.514339)
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 21:59:02.400 (JD=2458994.416)
Remarks: emission line star brightens erratically by 0.4 mag in 6 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 21:59:02.400
Flux: 11.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 17:29:46
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/2020lct
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-26 08:48:16
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts
S.T. Hodgkin, E. Breedt, A. Delgado, D.L. Harrison, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, T. Wevers, A. Yoldas (IoA Cambridge), N. Ihanec, K. Kruszyńska, K.A. Rybicki, Ł. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory), Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska (Leiden Observatory), D. Eappachen (SRON/RU), G. Marton (Konkoly Observatory), on behalf of the Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2020lct
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20clb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:31:59.820 (7.99925) DEC = +63:30:51.62 (63.514339)
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 21:59:02.400 (JD=2458994.416)
Remarks: emission line star brightens erratically by 0.4 mag in 6 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-24 21:59:02.400
Flux: 11.71 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-12 17:29:46
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/2020lct