TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205749 [ 2024TNSTR.767....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-21 13:26:11
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, 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 2024etw
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J185420.71-480552.0
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:54:20.715 (283.586313) DEC = -48:05:52.07 (-48.097797)
Discovery date: 2024-03-21 09:08:00.000 (JD=2460390.8805556)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-21 09:08:00.000
Flux: 19.96 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-05-11 02:22:39
Limiting flux: 20.02 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/2024etw