Discovery certificate for object 2019ife
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38665 [ 2019TNSTR1076....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-26 22:05:26
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 2019ife
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cql
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:23:04.760 (35.769833) DEC = +01:32:36.71 (1.543531)
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 02:03:50.000 (JD=2458659.5859954)


Remarks: long-term rise in known QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 02:03:50.000
Flux: 18.76 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-16 21:02:52
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/2019ife