Discovery certificate for object 2019awv
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29987 [ 2019TNSTR.241....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-13 14:22:36
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 2019awv
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aok
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:54:04.390 (103.518292) DEC = -09:41:03.41 (-9.684281)
Discovery date: 2019-02-12 06:01:26.000 (JD=2458526.7509954)


Remarks: hostless blue transient, previously identified as candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-12 06:01:26.000
Flux: 17.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-04 05:49:55
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/2019awv