TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 266589 [ 2025TNSTR3278....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-19 11:43:56
Date made public:
Sender: Lloyd Landsberg
Reporting Group: MeerLICHT     Discovery Data Source: MeerLICHT

Lloyd Landsberg, Francois Campher, Paul Groot report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025uni
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:45:29.777 (266.37407) DEC = -29:18:57.46 (-29.31596)
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 18:17:10.140 (JD=2460906.2619229)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 18:17:10.140
Flux: 14.439 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: MeerLICHT-Cam
Telescope: MeerLICHT-1

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 17:30:06
Limiting flux: 18.94 ABMag
Filter: BG-u-BlackGem
Instrument: MeerLICHT-Cam
Telescope: MeerLICHT-1


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