TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 241955 [ 2025TNSTR.283....1G ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-01-21 07:19:02
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 2025yf
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J051906.77-582526.8
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:19:06.772 (79.778217) DEC = -58:25:26.88 (-58.424133)
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 03:30:48.000 (JD=2460696.6463889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-21 03:30:48.000
Flux: 19.83 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2021-04-27 20:49:11
Limiting flux: 20.64 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/2025yf