TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242124 [ 2025TNSTR.308....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-23 11:11:23
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, N. Blagorodnova, J. van Roestel, H. Wichern, S. Scaringi report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025aag
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J061518.74-212929.2
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:15:18.742 (93.828092) DEC = -21:29:29.22 (-21.49145)
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 03:13:37.000 (JD=2460697.634456)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 03:13:37.000
Flux: 20.56 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-19 03:13:16
Limiting flux: 21.04 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025aag