TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206358 [ 2024TNSTR.878....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-01 14:05:36
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

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

IAU Designation: AT 2024fhh
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J132807.91-175143.7
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:28:07.914 (202.032975) DEC = -17:51:43.75 (-17.862153)
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 02:30:23.000 (JD=2460400.6044329)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 02:30:23.000
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-01-28 02:43:17
Limiting flux: 20.62 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/2024fhh