TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 217767 [ 2024TNSTR2288....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-07-08 11:49:31
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, J. van Roestel, P. Vreeswijk, S. Faris, G. Ramsay, H. Wichern, D. Pieterse, H. Tranin, P. Groot, N. Blagorodnova report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024otg
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J132040.82-315548.7
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:20:40.825 (200.170104) DEC = -31:55:48.77 (-31.930214)
Discovery date: 2024-06-07 02:16:33.000 (JD=2460468.5948264)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-07 02:16:33.000
Flux: 20.15 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-07-16 16:42:44
Limiting flux: 19.61 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/2024otg