Discovery certificate for object 2019cg
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 27946 [ 2019TNSTR..22....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-04 11:47:01
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 2019cg
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19abe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:40:45.290 (55.188708) DEC = +47:16:31.55 (47.275431)
Discovery date: 2019-01-02 15:56:09.000 (JD=2458486.1639931)


Remarks: candidate CV in outburst, aka MASTER J034045.31+471632.2

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-02 15:56:09.000
Flux: 15.68 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-02 14:09:36
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/2019cg