Discovery certificate for object 2019ifk
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38671 [ 2019TNSTR1076....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-26 22:14:37
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 2019ifk
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cqr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:17:27.440 (214.364333) DEC = +11:23:09.17 (11.385881)
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 05:24:00.000 (JD=2458659.725)


Remarks: long-term rise in Gaia source coincident with SDSS galaxy

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-25 05:24:00.000
Flux: 19.01 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-01 05:31:12
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/2019ifk