Discovery certificate for object 2019mpw
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 43185 [ 2019TNSTR1414....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-08-05 09:28:35
Sender: Gaia (Gaia_Bot1)
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

S.T. Hodgkin, E. Breedt, A. Delgado, D.L. Harrison, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, T. Wevers, A. Yoldas (IoA Cambridge), N. Ihanec, K. Kruszyńska, K.A. Rybicki, Ł. Wyrzykowski (Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory), D. Eappachen, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska (SRON/RU), G. Marton (Konkoly Observatory), on behalf of the Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019mpw
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19dhr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:54:39.640 (133.665167) DEC = -32:24:48.38 (-32.413439)
Discovery date: 2019-08-02 13:46:33.000 (JD=2458698.0739931)


Remarks: blue source near the Galactic plane brightens by almost 4 mag, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-08-02 13:46:33.000
Flux: 15.62 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-06 17:08:09
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/2019mpw