TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243309 [ 2025TNSTR.458....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-03 10:26:02
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 2025asv
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J060607.48-022325.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:06:07.481 (91.531171) DEC = -02:23:25.86 (-2.390517)
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 03:17:14.000 (JD=2460708.6369676)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 03:17:14.000
Flux: 19.36 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-06-03 21:35:38
Limiting flux: 21.11 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/2025asv