TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244320 [ 2025TNSTR.594....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 20:04:40
Date made public:
Sender: GW-MMADS_bot
Reporting Group: GW-MMADS     Discovery Data Source: GW-MMADS

Xander Hall (CMU), Tomás Cabrera (CMU), Lei Hu (CMU), Antonella Palmese (CMU), Igor Andreoni (UMD), Brendan O’Connor (CMU), Robert Stein (Caltech), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Theo Jegou Du Laz (Caltech), Keerthi Kunnumkai (CMU), on behalf of GW-MMADS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025bmt
Discoverer internal name: T202502131606486m680055
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:06:48.570 (241.70237535142) DEC = -68:00:55.36 (-68.015378346847)
Discovery date: 2025-02-13 06:29:22.560 (JD=2460719.7703982)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-13 06:29:22.560
Flux: 20.9457 ABMag
Filter: i-Sloan
Instrument: DECAM
Telescope: CTIO - 4-m Victor M. Blanco Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: DECam Legacy Survey

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025bmt