Discovery certificate for object 2019crt
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 31883 [ 2019TNSTR.483....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-02 12:55:12
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 2019crt
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bef
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:06:48.860 (346.703583) DEC = +56:23:52.01 (56.397781)
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 19:23:31.000 (JD=2458574.3079977)


Remarks: blue Gaia transient on faint SDSS source: SDSS J230648.85+562352.1

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-03-31 19:23:31.000
Flux: 17.44 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-02-16 03:36:00
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/2019crt