TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 265057 [ 2025TNSTR3078....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-05 07:37:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

L. Landsberg, 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: SN 2025tfy
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J015503.39-813719.2
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:55:03.397 (28.764154) DEC = -81:37:19.20 (-81.622)
Discovery date: 2025-08-05 06:14:17.000 (JD=2460892.759919)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-05 06:14:17.000
Flux: 18.56 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-28 10:06:37
Limiting flux: 20.48 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/2025tfy