BHTOM Targets for 18 August, 2025

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As of 2025-08-18 11:01:59.958904+00:00, these are the new targets added in the last week for observing (importance>=1), sorted by magnitude:

name ra dec mag_last sun_separation classification description
HD 98800 170.521620 -24.777768 10.1 44.0 YSO Pre-main sequence quadruple system (AaAb + BaBb) with circumbinary (BaBb) disk to eclipse AaAb
ASASSN-25db 259.638083 -32.108600 14.4 116.0 Unknown a deep ongoing dimming event
SN2025pht 70.370254 -2.865447 16.2 78.0 SN SN IIP, ASASSN-25cw
SN 2025sei 267.247705 25.495857 16.3 110.0 SN Astro-COLIBRI target
TDE2025spf 299.446533 -9.034914 19.4 152.0 Unknown TDE candidate
TDE2025gmz 242.411121 44.583689 20.4 84.0 TDE TDE-featureless
AT2025tkk 199.943492 5.864447 22.2 52.0 Unknown Possible SN ~16.2 mag via TNS

In addition, here are some older targets that are currently visible and requested for observations. These targets have an importance>=4, a sun separation>70, and last magnitude<18, sorted by magnitude.


North (dec>0):

name ra dec mag_last sun_separation classification description
TCrB 239.875676 25.920170 7.3 86.0 Nova recurent nova predicted to explode 2024/2025
LS I +61 302 40.131935 61.229332 9.5 87.0 Unknown Be-star with unknown compact companion
4U2206+54 331.984320 54.518447 9.6 112.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
V1413 Aql 285.945155 16.438048 9.6 129.0 Symbiotic star known symbiotic star for regular monitoring
2S0114+65 19.511240 65.291619 10.2 93.0 XRB Supergiant X-ray binary
RXJ0146.9+6121 26.750885 61.356573 11.2 92.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
AM_Her 274.055228 49.867989 12.5 102.0 CV Target for joint optical-radio observations
RXJ0441.0+4431 70.247207 44.530349 12.6 72.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
SAXJ2103.5+4545 315.898792 45.751547 12.9 120.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
Gaia21fji 315.992250 50.244500 13.1 116.0 YSO Optical monitoring of Gaia- and ZTF-alerted candidate eruptive YSOs
IGRJ21343+4738 323.584883 47.633391 13.8 119.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
GROJ2058+42 314.698071 41.776995 14.2 124.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
Gaia22efa 67.656210 35.842100 14.2 74.0 YSO Brightening in candidate YSO. After initial accretion burst the brightness started to rise slowly.
Mrk 841 226.004963 10.437732 14.4 77.0 AGN changinglook AGN
BL_Lac 330.680381 42.277772 14.4 125.0 BL Lac famous variable blazar
KS1947+300 297.397850 30.208827 14.4 128.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
ZTF18abdciiz 281.649375 0.922556 14.8 132.0 Unknown YSO candidate
4U0115+63 19.633210 63.742520 14.9 93.0 XRB Be X-ray binary
Gaia24dfc 52.509900 61.429790 15.8 81.0 Unknown Brightening in candidate YSO
SN2024afyu 258.429383 7.625256 16.3 108.0 SN Interesting long-term Supernova
Gaia22cav 344.036730 58.517780 16.7 107.0 YSO 3 mag outburst in candidate EXOR, waiting for the next outbursts
AT2025oas 35.353317 16.568961 16.8 107.0 Unknown Possible SN ~17 mag via TNS
Gaia4323024741104637568 292.501025 17.933682 17.1 134.0 Unknown Possibly eruptive YSO which is approaching to the quiescence
SDSS J013136.44+130331.0 22.901854 13.058618 17.5 119.0 QSO Candidate for lensed QSO
Gaia21drn 4.823430 65.848570 17.5 96.0 Unknown brightening of a faint red Gaia source
AT2025mau 276.599034 10.235546 17.7 124.0 Microlensing Event Candidate long microlensing event from Chinese KATS survey, KATS25K015, almost gone
Gaia2204674337304419072 334.773114 61.604365 17.9 105.0 Unknown Possibly eruptive YSO which is approaching to the quiescence


South (dec<0):

name ra dec mag_last sun_separation classification description
Mkn590 33.639835 -0.766717 13.7 113.0 QSO Flaring quasar
mrk1018 31.566619 -0.291455 13.7 115.0 AGN changinglook AGN
IRAS 23226-3843 351.350833 -38.446978 14.4 147.0 AGN changinglook AGN
Gaia19dbf 178.699417 -64.491850 14.5 81.0 Unknown Possibly a YSO
ASASSN-25cd 277.969917 -28.807539 15.0 132.0 Unknown A Deep, Ongoing, Dipping Event
1RXS_J173546.9-302859 263.946400 -30.482900 15.3 119.0 Unknown Possible X-ray transient from SVOM
Gaia23bsf 276.583080 -14.036970 15.4 131.0 Unknown Star getting brighter very slowly
Gaia24ccy 243.402110 -25.063310 15.4 101.0 YSO known YSO brightens by 2 mag
Gaia24amo 249.148921 -53.749919 15.7 107.0 Microlensing Event candidate microlensing event, with the second peak
SN 2025rpt 28.589626 -2.618816 15.7 119.0 SN Astro-COLIBRI target
PKS0454-234 74.263250 -23.414450 15.9 80.0 QSO long time monitoring for ROTUZ team
HE0413_4031 63.810269 -40.394754 15.9 94.0 QSO Long term variable quasar for monitoring
PMNJ0730-6602 112.706495 -66.038578 16.4 83.0 AGN IAUZ Target
Gaia24csq 286.710270 -26.939590 16.6 140.0 Unknown potential slowly rising microlensing event
CTS_C30.10 71.833281 -45.627319 16.7 90.0 QSO Long term variable quasar for monitoring
AT2024zkr 28.595650 -5.997339 16.8 119.0 AGN BFF candidate, spectrum shows HeII and NIII, ePESSTO+ target
HE0435-4312 69.299139 -43.101189 17.0 91.0 QSO Long term variable quasar for monitoring
V1725 Sco 256.693920 -35.468560 17.0 113.0 Nova Astro-COLIBRI target, nova, still on-going
AT2023xbu 58.991412 -16.412656 17.2 92.0 AGN candidate repeating TDE, other name ZTF22abveoak, ePESSTO target
4FGL J1603.8-4903 240.966507 -49.061699 17.5 102.0 Unknown Astro-COLIBRI target
Gaia23cnm 285.322920 -18.717130 17.6 139.0 Unknown slow and long rise, possible microlensing or YSO
AT2024vip 80.208787 -20.542286 17.7 74.0 Unknown TDE
ZTF20abendxc 281.224708 -8.538111 17.8 134.0 YSO Possibly eruptive YSO


Last week's total of images processed: 7922 (7623 with success).


Last week's targets observed:

camera target_names
Adonis_G2-1600 LS I +61 302, Gaia24ayd, Gaia24azi, Gaia24dfv, Gaia24azc, TCrB, AM_Her, TabbysStar
EEye_QHY268M Gaia24csq, Gaia24aup, AT2024kwu, Gaia24ctf, AT2025mau, Gaia23cnm
Flarestar-MPC171_G2-1600 Gaia21fji, TCrB
LCOGT-CTIO-1m_4K Gaia24amo, AT2025mau
LCOGT-MCD-1m_4K Gaia24dov, AT2025mau, Gaia24dmt
LCOGT-SAAO-1m_4K Gaia24amo, Gaia22bpl
LCOGT-SAAO-40cm_QHY600M AT2025mau
LCOGT-SS-1m_4K Gaia24amo, AT2025mau, Gaia22bpl
LCOGT-SS-40cm_QHY600M AT2025mau
LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K AT2025mau
LCOGT-Teide-40cm_QHY600M AT2025mau
LW_Seestar-S50 BL_Lac
MSU-Observatory_QHY600PH TabbysStar, 2S0114+65
OAUJ-CDK500_U47 Gaia24bhk, NGC5683-Seyfert, Gaia21fji, GROJ2058+42, Gaia23crr, Gaia24bux, Gaia24ayd, AT2025nsa, Gaia24dfv, SN2024afyu, BL_Lac, SN2025bof, Gaia23dqt, AT2025mau
PROMPT-MO-1_Apogee ASASSN-24fw
PROMPT6_FLI AT2025mau, ASASSN-24fw
ROAD_FLI-KAF-16803 ASASSN-21js
ROAD_QHY600M SN2025pht, HD 98800, ASASSN-25cd, ASASSN-24fw, ASASSN-21js, AT 2025nlr, ASASSN-25cy, AT2025hfm, AR_Pav, AT2025ggn, ASASSN-25bv, HD 269858, ASASSN-25db
SOAB_ZWO-ASI2600MM mrk1018, IGRJ21343+4738, SN2024afyu, Gaia24dfc, AM_Her, SDSS J013136.44+130331.0, Gaia21drn, Gaia24aup, 4U0115+63, AT2025oas, 8C0716_714, ZTF18aarippg, SN 2025sei, KS1947+300, Gaia24dkk, RXJ0146.9+6121, V1413 Aql, TCrB, SAXJ2103.5+4545, AT2025mau, Mkn590, LS I +61 302, Gaia24bux, Gaia4323024741104637568, AT2024kwu, Gaia21fji, Mrk 841
SUHORA60_APOGEE Gaia2204674337304419072, Gaia24bux, Gaia4323024741104637568, Gaia21fji, Gaia21drn, Gaia24cjg
TJO_MEIA3 Gaia24aup, LS I +61 302, Gaia24bux, AT2025oas, Gaia24ayd, Gaia23cpd, SN2024afyu, Gaia24dfc, TCrB, SN2025bof, Gaia23dqt, Gaia24dkk
UCLO-C14EAST_PL9000 Gaia21azb, Gaia21efs
UwB_SBIG-4040 2S0114+65, mrk1018, IGRJ21343+4738, SN 2025rpt, SN2024afyu, BL_Lac, AM_Her, SDSS J013136.44+130331.0, GROJ2058+42, Gaia24aup, 4U0115+63, KS1947+300, NGC5683-Seyfert, 4U2206+54, RXJ0146.9+6121, V1413 Aql, TCrB, Mkn590, LS I +61 302, Gaia24bux, Gaia21fji
ZAO_G2-1600 Gaia21fji, AT2025mau, Gaia21asp

Last week's fits uploads score (sorted by count)

observatory-user count
Franz-Josef Hambsch (ROAD_QHY600M) 5116
Sebastian Kurowski (SOAB_ZWO-ASI2600MM) 725
Franz-Josef Hambsch (ROAD_FLI-KAF-16803) 389
Josep Manel Carrasco (TJO_MEIA3) 328
Steve Fossey (UCLO-C14EAST_PL9000) 298
Yauheni Stsefanenka (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) 161
Michal Siwak (SUHORA60_APOGEE) 132
Charles Galdies (ZAO_G2-1600) 119
Staszek Zola (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) 72
Wojciech Burzyński (UwB_SBIG-4040) 61
Sjoerd Dufoer (EEye_QHY268M) 56
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-SS-1m_4K) 54
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-CTIO-1m_4K) 51
Franky Dubois (Adonis_G2-1600) 48
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-Teide-40cm_QHY600M) 45
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-SAAO-1m_4K) 42
Patryk Więcko (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) 40
Stephen M. Brincat (Flarestar-MPC171_G2-1600) 39
Peter Craig (MSU-Observatory_QHY600PH) 31
Staszek Zola (PROMPT6_FLI) 24
Alicja Pucek (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) 22
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-MCD-1m_4K) 15
Oliwia Zielińska (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) 12
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-SAAO-40cm_QHY600M) 12
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K) 9
Zbigniew Grabowski (LW_Seestar-S50) 6
Staszek Zola (PROMPT-MO-1_Apogee) 6
Maria Nicewicz (LW_Seestar-S50) 3
Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-SS-40cm_QHY600M) 3
Jacek Drazkowski (LW_Seestar-S50) 3


Top 5 data uploaders!
name count
Franz-Josef Hambsch 5505
Sebastian Kurowski 725
Josep Manel Carrasco 328
Steve Fossey 298
Mauritz Wicker 231


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