Discovery certificate for object 2019awx
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 29989 [ 2019TNSTR.241....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-13 14:23:35
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 2019awx
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aom
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:39:41.750 (279.923958) DEC = +07:48:56.99 (7.815831)
Discovery date: 2019-02-11 14:54:14.000 (JD=2458526.1209954)


Remarks: hostless blue transient

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-11 14:54:14.000
Flux: 18.82 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-11-29 16:22:04
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/2019awx