TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243129 [ 2025TNSTR.440....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-01 14:41:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

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

IAU Designation: AT 2025apv
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J064333.81-515350.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:43:33.815 (100.890896) DEC = -51:53:50.88 (-51.897467)
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 04:52:05.000 (JD=2460696.7028356)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 04:52:05.000
Flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-27 18:55:16
Limiting flux: 20.5 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/2025apv