TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243220 [ 2025TNSTR.448....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-02 15:28:21
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 2025arf
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J074215.41+133843.9
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:42:15.414 (115.564225) DEC = +13:38:43.95 (13.645542)
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 05:55:32.000 (JD=2460708.7468981)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 05:55:32.000
Flux: 20.01 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-03 21:49:41
Limiting flux: 21.32 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/2025arf