Discovery certificate for object 2019ffj
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 34993 [ 2019TNSTR.776....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-05-14 10:10:30
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 2019ffj
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19btg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:35:57.460 (293.989417) DEC = +11:05:28.25 (11.091181)
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 08:00:57.000 (JD=2458614.8339931)


Remarks: blue outburst in faint Gaia source, aka ASASSN-19lt, candidate CV

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-05-11 08:00:57.000
Flux: 16.09 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-04-06 22:16:19
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/2019ffj