Discovery certificate for object 2019azl
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30069 [ 2019TNSTR.264....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-02-22 12:04:36
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 2019azl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19aqb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:20:21.110 (275.087958) DEC = -10:38:25.73 (-10.640481)
Discovery date: 2019-02-15 05:00:57.000 (JD=2458529.7089931)


Remarks: increase by 1 mag in a red star close to the Galactic bulge - candidate microlensing event

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-02-15 05:00:57.000
Flux: 17.59 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-10-09 02:49:55
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/2019azl