Discovery certificate for object 2019bsf
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 30726 [ 2019TNSTR.372....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-03-13 19:02:37
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 2019bsf
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19axz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:48:58.740 (252.24475) DEC = -12:05:52.98 (-12.09805)
Discovery date: 2019-03-10 21:15:50.000 (JD=2458553.3859954)


Remarks: 0.7 mag brightening in red Gaia star

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-10 21:15:50.000
Flux: 18.03 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-09-08 22:53:45
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/2019bsf