Discovery certificate for object 2019bra
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30691 [ 2019TNSTR.358....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-10 22:47:00
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 2019bra
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19axg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:57:20.300 (269.334583) DEC = -20:34:20.17 (-20.572269)
Discovery date: 2019-03-09 03:28:48.000 (JD=2458551.645)


Remarks: red star brightens by 0.8 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-09 03:28:48.000
Flux: 18.63 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-16 04:58:04
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/2019bra