Discovery certificate for object 2019fld
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 35227 [ 2019TNSTR.795....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-16 11:07:49
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 2019fld
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bva
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:41:44.720 (10.436333) DEC = -35:00:01.69 (-35.000469)
Discovery date: 2019-05-15 15:23:02.000 (JD=2458619.1409954)


Remarks: galex source brightens by 1.5 mag over 1 year

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-15 15:23:02.000
Flux: 18.38 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-24 02:19:40
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/2019fld