TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207406 [ 2024TNSTR1021....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-11 11:54:02
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 2024ggl
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J115720.00-434750.6
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:57:20.002 (179.333342) DEC = -43:47:50.60 (-43.797389)
Discovery date: 2024-04-11 01:22:57.000 (JD=2460411.5576042)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-11 01:22:57.000
Flux: 20.24 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-28 02:51:00
Limiting flux: 20.03 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024ggl