TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207956 [ 2024TNSTR1110....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-18 12:40:00
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: SN 2024guc
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J145151.09-284817.1
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:51:51.093 (222.962887) DEC = -28:48:17.14 (-28.804761)
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 04:20:49.000 (JD=2460418.6811227)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 04:20:49.000
Flux: 18.06 ABMag
Filter: BG-i-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-08 18:48:13
Limiting flux: 20.51 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/2024guc