TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242596 [ 2025TNSTR.366....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-27 15:17:02
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 2025ahf
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J055453.93-243407.2
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:54:53.936 (88.724733) DEC = -24:34:07.21 (-24.568669)
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 04:26:20.000 (JD=2460695.6849537)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-20 04:26:20.000
Flux: 19.66 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-03 20:09:59
Limiting flux: 21.55 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/2025ahf