Discovery certificate for object 2019fkq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35201 [ 2019TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-16 08:37:59
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: SN 2019fkq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bul
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:56:24.390 (359.101625) DEC = -29:01:25.61 (-29.023781)
Discovery date: 2019-05-14 09:11:31.000 (JD=2458617.8829977)


Remarks: candidate SN in galaxy pair IC 5364

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-14 09:11:31.000
Flux: 18.1 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-27 04:52:19
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/2019fkq