TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247651 [ 2025TNSTR.952....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-11 12:43:02
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, 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 2025eat
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J170344.46-224300.2
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:03:44.464 (255.935267) DEC = -22:43:00.29 (-22.716747)
Discovery date: 2025-03-04 08:37:45.000 (JD=2460738.8595486)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-03-04 08:37:45.000
Flux: 19.55 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-08-13 00:49:23
Limiting flux: 20.48 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2


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