TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 240860 [ 2025TNSTR.118....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-09 12:56:02
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 2025ho
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J070801.10-204300.0
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:08:01.103 (107.004596) DEC = -20:43:00.00 (-20.716667)
Discovery date: 2025-01-09 05:28:02.000 (JD=2460684.7278009)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-09 05:28:02.000
Flux: 20.13 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-28 01:15:08
Limiting flux: 21.19 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/2025ho