TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207109 [ 2024TNSTR.974....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-08 10:19:03
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 2024fze
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J173950.71-732428.9
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:39:50.718 (264.961325) DEC = -73:24:28.98 (-73.40805)
Discovery date: 2024-03-15 08:04:28.000 (JD=2460384.8364352)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-15 08:04:28.000
Flux: 20.34 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-09-18 18:13:46
Limiting flux: 20.75 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/2024fze