TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29066 [ 2019TNSTR.124....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-22 08:38:20
Sender: Gaia (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 2019xw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19agm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:52.820 (351.470083) DEC = -53:28:50.16 (-53.4806)
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 00:14:24.000 (JD=2458501.51)
Remarks: Xray source and galaxy at z=0.271 brightens by 1.5 mag, nuclear transient
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 00:14:24.000
Flux: 17.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-06 18:08:38
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/2019xw
Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-22 08:38:20
Sender: Gaia (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 2019xw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19agm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:25:52.820 (351.470083) DEC = -53:28:50.16 (-53.4806)
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 00:14:24.000 (JD=2458501.51)
Remarks: Xray source and galaxy at z=0.271 brightens by 1.5 mag, nuclear transient
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-18 00:14:24.000
Flux: 17.75 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-06 18:08:38
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/2019xw