Discovery certificate for object 2019fff
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34987 [ 2019TNSTR.776....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-14 09:10:19
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 2019fff
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19bta
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:27:51.550 (66.964792) DEC = -28:12:26.71 (-28.207419)
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 17:51:21.000 (JD=2458613.2439931)


Remarks: 0.6 mag rise in galaxy 2MASX J04275159-2812261

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-09 17:51:21.000
Flux: 18.47 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-03-26 19:16:19
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/2019fff