Discovery certificate for object 2019ijc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 38812 [ 2019TNSTR1093....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-06-28 08:30:41
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 2019ijc
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cro
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:01:13.130 (210.304708) DEC = +59:04:39.43 (59.077619)
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 12:08:38.000 (JD=2458661.0059954)


Remarks: 0.5 mag rise in a z=2.2 QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-06-26 12:08:38.000
Flux: 18.67 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2018-08-16 04:36:28
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/2019ijc