TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 262905 [ 2025TNSTR2749....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-18 13:31:03
Date made public:
Sender: BlackGEM_Bot1
Reporting Group: BlackGEM     Discovery Data Source: BlackGEM

J. A. Paice, 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 2025rkd
Discoverer internal name: BGEM J004534.38-204402.1
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:45:34.387 (11.393279) DEC = -20:44:02.19 (-20.733942)
Discovery date: 2025-07-03 07:19:37.000 (JD=2460859.8052894)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-03 07:19:37.000
Flux: 20.11 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam2
Telescope: BlackGEM- 2

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-07-02 07:44:08
Limiting flux: 20.52 ABMag
Filter: BG-q-BlackGem
Instrument: BlackGEM-Cam3
Telescope: BlackGEM- 3


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