TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240720 [ 2025TNSTR..89....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-07 12:08:02
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

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

IAU Designation: AT 2025fo
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J103642.02-255156.1
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:36:42.020 (159.175083) DEC = -25:51:56.18 (-25.865606)
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 06:10:49.000 (JD=2460681.7575116)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 06:10:49.000
Flux: 20.49 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-03 06:34:52
Limiting flux: 21.14 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3


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