TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206447 [ 2024TNSTR.890....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-02 13:08:05
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 2024fjf
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J153142.99-183714.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:31:43.000 (232.929167) DEC = -18:37:14.87 (-18.620797)
Discovery date: 2024-04-02 04:27:35.000 (JD=2460402.6858218)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-02 04:27:35.000
Flux: 19.79 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-09 17:39:47
Limiting flux: 20.96 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/2024fjf