TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 133328 [ 2022TNSTR..14....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2022-01-03 14:15:29
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 2022Z
Discoverer internal name: Gaia22aal
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:23:38.380 (215.909917) DEC = -25:29:20.72 (-25.489089)
Discovery date: 2022-01-01 01:19:12.000 (JD=2459580.555)


Remarks: Candidate SN near galaxy LEDA 778380

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2022-01-01 01:19:12.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-08-15 06:08:38
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/2022Z