Discovery certificate for object 2019xn
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29040 [ 2019TNSTR.122....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-01-21 09:04:19
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 2019xn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aga
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:24:51.260 (156.213583) DEC = -29:19:59.09 (-29.333081)
Discovery date: 2019-01-20 16:50:52.000 (JD=2458504.2019907)


Remarks: candidate CV brightens by 3.5 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-01-20 16:50:52.000
Flux: 17.43 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-16 01:00:28
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/2019xn