Discovery certificate for object 2019aoy
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29712 [ 2019TNSTR.215....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-07 22:46:50
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 2019aoy
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19amh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:04:42.850 (301.178542) DEC = +27:20:23.39 (27.339831)
Discovery date: 2019-02-05 04:06:14.000 (JD=2458519.6709954)


Remarks: 1.5 mag rise on a faint star in the Galactic Plane, previous outburst seen, possible CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-05 04:06:14.000
Flux: 18.24 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-22 08:39:50
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/2019aoy