TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 208529 [ 2024TNSTR1234....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-27 11:26:57
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 2024hhy
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J130625.88-060249.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:06:25.886 (196.607858) DEC = -06:02:49.88 (-6.047189)
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 04:26:47.000 (JD=2460427.6852662)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-27 04:26:47.000
Flux: 18.96 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-04-16 01:17:18
Limiting flux: 20.76 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/2024hhy