TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 86928 [ 2020TNSTR3195....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-21 13:02:53
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2020xtc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20evw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:05:21.080 (181.337833) DEC = +28:56:21.16 (28.939211)
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 00:23:02.400 (JD=2459141.516)
Remarks: known Seyfert 1 galaxy 2MASX J12052103+2856205 brightens by 1.1 mag in 4 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 00:23:02.400
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-22 15:43:12
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/2020xtc
Date Received (UTC): 2020-10-21 13:02:53
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2020xtc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20evw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:05:21.080 (181.337833) DEC = +28:56:21.16 (28.939211)
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 00:23:02.400 (JD=2459141.516)
Remarks: known Seyfert 1 galaxy 2MASX J12052103+2856205 brightens by 1.1 mag in 4 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-10-19 00:23:02.400
Flux: 18.7 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-04-22 15:43:12
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/2020xtc