TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205750 [ 2024TNSTR.767....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-21 13:30:10
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, 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 2024etx
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J152123.76-380741.0
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:21:23.766 (230.349025) DEC = -38:07:41.08 (-38.128078)
Discovery date: 2024-03-21 08:53:35.000 (JD=2460390.870544)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-21 08:53:35.000
Flux: 19.4 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-01 07:24:42
Limiting flux: 20.05 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4


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