TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242589 [ 2025TNSTR.366....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-27 12:35:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

J. A. Paice, 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 2025agy
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J150052.05-251228.0
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:00:52.055 (225.216896) DEC = -25:12:28.02 (-25.207783)
Discovery date: 2025-01-27 08:11:04.000 (JD=2460702.8410185)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-27 08:11:04.000
Flux: 19.77 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-04 05:05:41
Limiting flux: 20.69 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/2025agy