TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205671 [ 2024TNSTR.740....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-19 21:15:12
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, on behalf of the BlackGEM consortium report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024erv
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J174210.77-633856.9
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:42:10.775 (265.544896) DEC = -63:38:57.00 (-63.649167)
Discovery date: 2024-03-17 07:20:31.000 (JD=2460386.8059144)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-17 07:20:31.000
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-03-19 02:49:11
Limiting flux: 21.04 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: MeerLICHT-Cam
Telescope: MeerLICHT-1


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024erv