Discovery certificate for object 2019kio
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 40699 [ 2019TNSTR1144....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2019-07-04 10:07:18
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 2019kio
Discoverer internal name: Gaia19cui
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:13:45.350 (243.438958) DEC = +46:37:32.38 (46.625661)
Discovery date: 2019-07-01 12:04:19.000 (JD=2458666.0029977)


Remarks: slow 0.5 mag on a blue source - candidate QSO

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-07-01 12:04:19.000
Flux: 18.49 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-01-27 03:01:26
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/2019kio