TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 242675 [ 2025TNSTR.384....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-28 12:16:02
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 2025aik
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J100151.68-004054.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:01:51.690 (150.465375) DEC = -00:40:54.89 (-0.681914)
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 07:38:05.000 (JD=2460703.8181134)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-28 07:38:05.000
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-27 21:27:00
Limiting flux: 21.25 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/2025aik