Discovery certificate for object 2019fku
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35210 [ 2019TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-16 08:46:43
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 2019fku
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19buo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:01:14.710 (345.311292) DEC = -26:57:42.12 (-26.9617)
Discovery date: 2019-05-14 15:01:26.000 (JD=2458618.1259954)


Remarks: red dwarf star flares by 0.7 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-14 15:01:26.000
Flux: 17.05 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-15 15:46:04
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/2019fku