TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207114 [ 2024TNSTR.973....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-08 12:08:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, 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 2024fzg
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J142226.20-465825.1
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:22:26.206 (215.609192) DEC = -46:58:25.13 (-46.973647)
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 03:37:01.000 (JD=2460408.650706)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-08 03:37:01.000
Flux: 20.23 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-07-30 17:43:24
Limiting flux: 20.31 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/2024fzg