TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 205906 [ 2024TNSTR.792....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-03-23 12:09:10
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 2024exd
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J134722.03-783535.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:22.036 (206.841817) DEC = -78:35:35.87 (-78.593297)
Discovery date: 2024-03-15 04:38:57.000 (JD=2460384.6937153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-15 04:38:57.000
Flux: 18.55 ABMag
Filter: BG-i-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-05-17 21:43:30
Limiting flux: 20.87 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/2024exd