TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205654 [ 2024TNSTR.740....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-19 20:02:11
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, on behalf of the BlackGEM consortium report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024erh
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J072858.51-503425.0
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:28:58.512 (112.2438) DEC = -50:34:25.03 (-50.573619)
Discovery date: 2024-03-19 00:55:56.000 (JD=2460388.5388426)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-19 00:55:56.000
Flux: 19.26 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-01-26 22:44:38
Limiting flux: 20.94 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/2024erh