Discovery certificate for object 2019ggz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 36152 [ 2019TNSTR.889....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-31 10:35:51
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 2019ggz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bzi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:39:27.160 (309.863167) DEC = -76:58:09.34 (-76.969261)
Discovery date: 2019-05-29 05:19:40.000 (JD=2458632.7219907)


Remarks: sudden 1.5 mag brightening of DSS, GALEX, WISE source, candidate QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-29 05:19:40.000
Flux: 18.46 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-18 04:24:57
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/2019ggz