Discovery certificate for object 2019crx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31889 [ 2019TNSTR.483....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-02 14:48:20
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 2019crx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bek
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:18:06.710 (139.527958) DEC = -54:26:55.90 (-54.448861)
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 16:46:33.000 (JD=2458574.1989931)


Remarks: Galactic plane source brightens by >1 mag, candidate microlensing event

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 16:46:33.000
Flux: 18.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-18 12:56:09
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/2019crx