TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 207851 [ 2024TNSTR1093....1T ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-17 12:11:11
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 2024gsf
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J121216.29+080755.3
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:12:16.290 (183.067875) DEC = +08:07:55.32 (8.132033)
Discovery date: 2024-04-17 02:34:20.000 (JD=2460417.6071759)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-17 02:34:20.000
Flux: 18.71 ABMag
Filter: BG-i-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-03-29 23:13:52
Limiting flux: 20.81 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/2024gsf