Discovery certificate for object 2019brz
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30718 [ 2019TNSTR.366....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-12 22:02:16
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 2019brz
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19axy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:19:11.720 (274.798833) DEC = -29:43:02.21 (-29.717281)
Discovery date: 2019-03-09 21:38:52.000 (JD=2458552.4019907)


Remarks: Gaia source near Galactic plane brightens by 1 mag

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-09 21:38:52.000
Flux: 17.4 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-01 16:53:45
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/2019brz