TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206369 [ 2024TNSTR.877....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-01 17:03:13
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 2024fhq
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J144308.91-183154.7
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:43:08.914 (220.787142) DEC = -18:31:54.79 (-18.531886)
Discovery date: 2024-04-01 03:35:33.000 (JD=2460401.6496875)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-01 03:35:33.000
Flux: 18.78 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-05-30 19:14:54
Limiting flux: 20.69 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/2024fhq