TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207961 [ 2024TNSTR1110....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-18 16:28:01
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 2024gue
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J153824.41-085351.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:38:24.340 (234.601417) DEC = -08:53:51.47 (-8.897631)
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 03:54:28.000 (JD=2460418.6628241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-18 03:54:28.000
Flux: 17.61 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-05 22:48:10
Limiting flux: 21.1 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/2024gue