TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308061
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 09:58:02
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM
L. Landsberg, H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, 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 2026oxb
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J164636.10-584719.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:46:36.096 (251.6504) DEC = -58:47:19.37 (-58.788714)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 05:13:01.000 (JD=2461202.7173727)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 05:13:01.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-03 01:25:04
Limiting flux: 18.73 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/2026oxb
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 09:58:02
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM
L. Landsberg, H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, 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 2026oxb
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J164636.10-584719.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:46:36.096 (251.6504) DEC = -58:47:19.37 (-58.788714)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 05:13:01.000 (JD=2461202.7173727)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 05:13:01.000
Flux: 18.51 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-03 01:25:04
Limiting flux: 18.73 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/2026oxb