TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 206702 [ 2024TNSTR.924....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-04-04 12:10:04
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

F. Stoppa, H. Tranin, D. Pieterse, G. Ramsay, S. Faris, P. Groot, P. Vreeswijk, on behalf of the BlackGEM consortium report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024fox
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J172012.65-181116.4
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:20:12.654 (260.052725) DEC = -18:11:16.44 (-18.1879)
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 06:57:32.000 (JD=2460404.7899537)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-04 06:57:32.000
Flux: 17.62 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-14 08:58:11
Limiting flux: 21.38 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2024fox