TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206445 [ 2024TNSTR.890....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-02 13:06:06
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

D. Pieterse, H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, 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 2024fjd
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J152650.22-154928.7
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:26:50.224 (231.709267) DEC = -15:49:28.74 (-15.82465)
Discovery date: 2024-04-02 05:59:42.000 (JD=2460402.7497917)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-02 05:59:42.000
Flux: 19.87 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-01 19:52:33
Limiting flux: 21.13 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/2024fjd