Discovery certificate for object 2019dty
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 33420 [ 2019TNSTR.613....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-04-22 19:30:58
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 2019dty
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19blx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:16:53.310 (334.222125) DEC = -08:21:31.07 (-8.358631)
Discovery date: 2019-04-19 16:23:31.000 (JD=2458593.1829977)


Remarks: QSO brightens by ~0.3 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-04-19 16:23:31.000
Flux: 18.34 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-04-11 01:30:43
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/2019dty