TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 88750 [ 2020TNSTR3418....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-11 10:17:19
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 2020zek
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20fdh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:48:16.510 (312.068792) DEC = -48:33:25.09 (-48.556969)
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 19:32:09.600 (JD=2459160.314)
Remarks: ~1.5 mag rise over 4 years in Gaia source coincident with galaxy WISEA J204816.49-483324.9
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 19:32:09.600
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-01 16:04:48
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/2020zek
Date Received (UTC): 2020-11-11 10:17:19
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 2020zek
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20fdh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:48:16.510 (312.068792) DEC = -48:33:25.09 (-48.556969)
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 19:32:09.600 (JD=2459160.314)
Remarks: ~1.5 mag rise over 4 years in Gaia source coincident with galaxy WISEA J204816.49-483324.9
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-11-06 19:32:09.600
Flux: 18.81 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-01 16:04:48
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/2020zek