TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243130 [ 2025TNSTR.440....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-01 15:09:05
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 2025apw
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J030440.00-772811.6
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:04:40.000 (46.166667) DEC = -77:28:11.69 (-77.469914)
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 00:52:45.000 (JD=2460697.5366319)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 00:52:45.000
Flux: 19.12 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-02-21 00:22:23
Limiting flux: 19.87 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025apw