Discovery certificate for object 2019fky
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35222 [ 2019TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-16 11:04:23
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 2019fky
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19buv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:57:04.350 (359.268125) DEC = -35:07:25.97 (-35.123881)
Discovery date: 2019-05-15 21:14:24.000 (JD=2458619.385)


Remarks: candidate SN

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-15 21:14:24.000
Flux: 18.54 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-26 16:58:04
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/2019fky