TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206372 [ 2024TNSTR.877....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-01 17:05:06
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 2024fhr
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J131950.20-144434.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:19:50.208 (199.9592) DEC = -14:44:34.45 (-14.742903)
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 05:14:58.000 (JD=2460400.7187269)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-31 05:14:58.000
Flux: 20.05 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-05-31 20:26:53
Limiting flux: 21.35 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/2024fhr