TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206357 [ 2024TNSTR.876....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-01 14:05:30
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 2024fhg
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J133950.65-140252.2
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:39:50.651 (204.961046) DEC = -14:02:52.24 (-14.047844)
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 06:07:40.000 (JD=2460400.7553241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 06:07:40.000
Flux: 19.23 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-02 18:58:02
Limiting flux: 21.14 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/2024fhg