TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 69974 [ 2020TNSTR1251....1H ]
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-07 11:15:17
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 2020jgn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20cdw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:19:26.970 (34.862375) DEC = -53:49:18.98 (-53.821939)
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 23:42:43.200 (JD=2458975.488)
Remarks: erratic rise in Gaia source by 0.4 mag over 20 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 23:42:43.200
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-11-02 18:10:05
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/2020jgn
Date Received (UTC): 2020-05-07 11:15:17
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 2020jgn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia20cdw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:19:26.970 (34.862375) DEC = -53:49:18.98 (-53.821939)
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 23:42:43.200 (JD=2458975.488)
Remarks: erratic rise in Gaia source by 0.4 mag over 20 months
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-05-05 23:42:43.200
Flux: 18.8 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-11-02 18:10:05
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/2020jgn