Discovery certificate for object 2019dnd
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33130 [ 2019TNSTR.577....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-15 10:41:11
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 2019dnd
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19biq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:12:01.150 (258.004792) DEC = -44:53:32.50 (-44.892361)
Discovery date: 2019-04-10 09:41:45.000 (JD=2458583.9039931)


Remarks: long term brightening of variable Gaia source

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-10 09:41:45.000
Flux: 19.33 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-17 11:42:43
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/2019dnd