TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 243176 [ 2025TNSTR.447....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-02 12:13:03
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, N. Blagorodnova, J. van Roestel, H. Wichern, S. Scaringi report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2025ard
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J075703.53+223119.7
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:57:03.537 (119.264737) DEC = +22:31:19.74 (22.52215)
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 05:22:15.000 (JD=2460708.7237847)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 05:22:15.000
Flux: 18.84 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam4
Telescope: BlackGEM- 4

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2023-08-28 19:45:41
Limiting flux: 20.12 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: MeerLICHT-Cam
Telescope: MeerLICHT-1


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2025ard