Discovery certificate for object 2019evq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34575 [ 2019TNSTR.736....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-09 09:14:03
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 2019evq
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bsj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:13:54.720 (318.478) DEC = +11:21:25.49 (11.357081)
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 14:16:48.000 (JD=2458612.095)


Remarks: 2.6 mag outburst in z=1.3 QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-08 14:16:48.000
Flux: 17.25 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-12-10 16:03:21
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/2019evq