TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243697 [ 2025TNSTR.513....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-07 05:23:02
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

S. Scaringi, H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, N. Blagorodnova, J. van Roestel, H. Wichern report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025azo
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J115526.02+134258.1
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:55:26.023 (178.858429) DEC = +13:42:58.20 (13.716167)
Discovery date: 2025-02-06 05:06:38.000 (JD=2460712.7129398)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-06 05:06:38.000
Flux: 19.86 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-28 10:36:21
Limiting flux: 21.18 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/2025azo