TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241952 [ 2025TNSTR.283....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-21 07:16:03
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 2025ye
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J053913.44-672212.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:39:13.441 (84.806004) DEC = -67:22:12.42 (-67.370117)
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 02:30:58.000 (JD=2460696.604838)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 02:30:58.000
Flux: 18.97 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-27 22:40:49
Limiting flux: 20.93 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/2025ye