Greetings from the BHTOM Automated Newsletter!
As of 2025-11-17 12:11:44.239826+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 269953 | 85.050694 | -69.668015 | 10.8 | 88.0 | Unknown | Yellow supergiant star |
| UCAC4_598-045016 | 129.383812 | 29.591711 | 13.5 | 110.0 | Variable star-other | star to be occulted by an asteroid 2025-11-30 |
| TOI-1899 | 299.426854 | 40.143349 | 14.0 | 86.0 | Planetary Transit | planetary transit from ExoClock, high priority, next transit 2025-11-30 |
| AT2025adgo | 74.276687 | -11.728039 | 16.0 | 142.0 | Unknown | Potential TDE |
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.
| name | ra | dec | mag_last | sun_separation | classification | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H2202+501 (BD+49 3718) | 330.409176 | 50.167954 | 9.3 | 110.0 | XRB | optical counterpart of the Be X-Ray Binary |
| 4U2206+54 | 331.984320 | 54.518447 | 9.4 | 111.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| LS I +61 302 | 40.131935 | 61.229332 | 9.5 | 137.0 | Unknown | Be-star with unknown compact companion |
| 2S0114+65 | 19.511240 | 65.291619 | 9.7 | 129.0 | XRB | Supergiant X-ray binary |
| RXJ0146.9+6121 | 26.750885 | 61.356573 | 10.5 | 134.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| 1H1936+541 (BD+53 2262) | 293.217949 | 53.879297 | 11.0 | 89.0 | XRB | optical counterpart of the Be X-Ray Binary |
| RXJ0441.0+4431 | 70.247207 | 44.530349 | 11.2 | 150.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| EECep | 332.344808 | 55.756738 | 11.6 | 111.0 | Variable star-other | Long period eclipsing binary with accretion disk, eclipse ongoing! |
| AM_Her | 274.055228 | 49.867989 | 11.8 | 78.0 | CV | Target for joint optical-radio observations |
| IGRJ06074+2205 | 91.860884 | 22.096600 | 12.1 | 143.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| TOI-1259Ab | 282.100291 | 79.256044 | 12.4 | 102.0 | Planetary Transit | planetary transit from ExoClock |
| SAXJ2103.5+4545 | 315.898792 | 45.751547 | 12.6 | 99.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| GROJ2058+42 | 314.698071 | 41.776995 | 13.2 | 97.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| 4U0115+63 | 19.633210 | 63.742520 | 13.4 | 130.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| 8C0716_714 | 110.472701 | 71.343434 | 13.8 | 118.0 | QSO | checking of ~1.7-days periodic variability and quasi-periodic variability of ~24 days |
| Gaia22efa | 67.656210 | 35.842100 | 14.0 | 158.0 | YSO | Brightening in candidate YSO. After initial accretion burst the brightness started to rise slowly. |
| AT2025acft | 295.939833 | 40.367889 | 14.2 | 84.0 | Microlensing Event | Candidate long microlensing event from Chinese KATS survey, KATS25V002 |
| KS1947+300 | 297.397850 | 30.208827 | 14.4 | 80.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| BL_Lac | 330.680381 | 42.277772 | 14.4 | 109.0 | BL Lac | famous variable blazar |
| TOI-3714 | 69.552231 | 39.458308 | 14.7 | 155.0 | Planetary Transit | planetary transit from ExoClock |
| IGRJ21343+4738 | 323.584883 | 47.633391 | 14.7 | 105.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| Gaia21fji | 315.992250 | 50.244500 | 15.0 | 101.0 | YSO | Optical monitoring of Gaia- and ZTF-alerted candidate eruptive YSOs |
| Gaia24bux | 347.418150 | 62.482960 | 15.3 | 118.0 | YSO | Brightening in Gaia and Wise source, possibly new young eruptive star |
| 3C 138 | 80.291192 | 16.639459 | 15.5 | 153.0 | QSO | Compact Steep Spectrum (CSS) type source currently flaring in Gamma-rays and optical |
| Q0957+561_A | 150.336216 | 55.898776 | 15.6 | 101.0 | QSO | firstly confirmed lensed quasar (double image), image A (top) |
| FU Tau | 65.897463 | 25.050763 | 15.7 | 166.0 | YSO | Next (out?)burst started |
| AT2025abao | 9.702583 | 40.768972 | 15.8 | 138.0 | Unknown | candidate Luminous Red Nova near M31 |
| Gaia24ala | 86.808830 | 0.152040 | 16.1 | 141.0 | YSO | Dimming in candidate YSO |
| Gaia2204674337304419072 | 334.773114 | 61.604365 | 16.2 | 112.0 | Unknown | Possibly eruptive YSO which is approaching to the quiescence |
| Gaia24dfc | 52.509900 | 61.429790 | 16.5 | 138.0 | Unknown | Brightening in candidate YSO |
| 2025eve | 138.673796 | 15.702344 | 16.9 | 98.0 | TDE | Classified as TDE, almost gone |
| Gaia24aup | 313.096720 | 57.055180 | 17.3 | 101.0 | Unknown | candidate microlensing event |
| SDSSJ094533.99+100950.1 | 146.391622 | 10.163917 | 17.8 | 90.0 | QSO | Long term variable quasar for monitoring |
| Gaia16aoz | 162.115140 | 71.726660 | 17.9 | 102.0 | QSO | QSO with a long-term and short-term variability |
| name | ra | dec | mag_last | sun_separation | classification | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Ori | 83.960201 | -5.476368 | 10.9 | 140.0 | YSO | Herbig AeBe star, YSO |
| MXB0656-072 | 104.572033 | -7.209779 | 11.2 | 122.0 | XRB | Be X-ray binary |
| ASASSN-25bv | 134.564850 | -43.165320 | 12.4 | 83.0 | Unknown | bright star with large dimmings from ASASSN |
| V1787 Ori | 84.538767 | -6.821276 | 12.9 | 139.0 | YSO | Herbig Ae.Be Star |
| Mkn590 | 33.639835 | -0.766717 | 13.3 | 153.0 | QSO | Flaring quasar |
| TT Ori | 83.819730 | -4.762387 | 13.4 | 141.0 | YSO | eruptive variable, Orion type |
| AT2025xvc | 85.526933 | -67.018517 | 13.6 | 91.0 | Unknown | possibile bright nova or CV in LMC from GOTO,TNS |
| TDE2025aarm | 68.051646 | -5.377697 | 14.4 | 151.0 | TDE | Nearby TDE from TNS |
| IRAS 23226-3843 | 351.350833 | -38.446978 | 14.7 | 99.0 | AGN | changinglook AGN |
| PKS0454-234 | 74.263250 | -23.414450 | 14.8 | 133.0 | QSO | long time monitoring for ROTUZ team |
| mrk1018 | 31.566619 | -0.291455 | 15.3 | 152.0 | AGN | changinglook AGN |
| HE0413_4031 | 63.810269 | -40.394754 | 16.0 | 120.0 | QSO | Long term variable quasar for monitoring |
| CTCVJ2056-3014 | 314.217286 | -30.244198 | 16.8 | 74.0 | CV | fast spinning WD in a CV |
| PMNJ0730-6602 | 112.706495 | -66.038578 | 16.9 | 84.0 | AGN | IAUZ Target |
| HE0435-4312 | 69.299139 | -43.101189 | 16.9 | 116.0 | QSO | Long term variable quasar for monitoring |
| AT2025aarn | 69.331575 | -8.776647 | 17.1 | 148.0 | Unknown | bright new source, possible supernova type II |
Last week's total of images processed: 10077 (9861 with success).
Last week's targets observed:
| camera | target_names |
|---|---|
| Adonis_G2-1600 | Gaia24azc, Gaia24dja, TabbysStar, Gaia24dfv, AT2025acft, Gaia24ayd, LS I +61 302, EECep, Gaia24azi, TCrB, AM_Her |
| AsiagoAO-0.67_G4-16000 | SN2025pht, AT2025nsa |
| Flarestar-MPC171_G2-1600 | OY Mon, Gaia21fji, AT2025acft, LS I +61 302, TX Ori, AT2025abao, TCrB, 1H2202+501 (BD+49 3718), Gaia22efa |
| HAO68_G2-1600 | FU Tau, AT2025acft, AT2025fma, ZTF18aarippg, TCrB, EM-S241125n |
| LCOGT-HO-40cm_QHY600M | EECep |
| LCOGT-MCD-1m_4K | ZTF25abwnxxl, AT2025acft |
| LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K | ZTF25abwnxxl, AT2025acft, OGLE-2025-DG-0021 |
| LCOGT-Teide-40cm_QHY600M | EECep |
| MOLETAI-35cm_CCD4710 | Gaia21fji, BL_Lac, AT2025acft, EECep, AM_Her |
| Moravian_C3-61000_PRO | FU Tau |
| OAUJ-CDK500_U47 | ASASSN-24fw, EECep |
| PROMPT-MO-1_Apogee | Gaia20agb, Gaia22alz |
| Planetarium_Slaskie_Kepler4040 | FU Tau |
| ROAD_FLI-KAF-16803 | HD 269953, HD 269582, HD 269006 |
| ROAD_QHY600M | ASASSN-21js, ASASSN-25cy, AT2025xvc, ASASSN-25bv, HD 269582, HD269110, HD 269840, HD 269953, FU Ori, Gaia24amo, TDE2025aarm, ASASSN-25cd, ASASSN-21qj, HD 98800, Gaia23cpd, AR_Pav, V1413 Aql, OY Mon, HD 269006, Gaia23dnm, Gaia24dhn, ASASSN-24fw, EECep |
| SOAB_ZWO-ASI2600MM | AT2025acft, Gaia24aup, AM_Her |
| Seestar-S30 | AT2025acft |
| Slooh-AU_FLI-KAF-16803 | T Ori, ASASSN-25cd, MXB0656-072, AT2025xvc, TT Ori, IRAS 23226-3843, ZTF18acruktt, V1787 Ori, CD-43_14304, PKS0454-234, CTCVJ2056-3014, AT 2025yrt |
| Slooh-CL_FLI-KAF-16803 | CD-43_14304, AT2025xvc, ASASSN-25cd, IRAS 23226-3843 |
| UAM-PST3B_ANDOR | UCAC4_556-035295 |
Last week's fits uploads score (sorted by count)
| observatory-user | count |
|---|---|
| Franz-Josef Hambsch (ROAD_QHY600M) | 5065 |
| Franz-Josef Hambsch (ROAD_FLI-KAF-16803) | 3749 |
| Staszek Zola (OAUJ-CDK500_U47) | 391 |
| Katarzyna Kruszynska (LCOGT-MCD-1m_4K) | 143 |
| Katarzyna Kruszynska (LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K) | 118 |
| Nicholas Rattenbury (Slooh-AU_FLI-KAF-16803) | 110 |
| Stephen M. Brincat (Flarestar-MPC171_G2-1600) | 107 |
| Justas Zdanavicius (MOLETAI-35cm_CCD4710) | 80 |
| Franky Dubois (Adonis_G2-1600) | 65 |
| Sebastian Kurowski (SOAB_ZWO-ASI2600MM) | 64 |
| Nicholas Rattenbury (Slooh-CL_FLI-KAF-16803) | 41 |
| Jan Kåre Trandem Qvam (HAO68_G2-1600) | 34 |
| Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-MCD-1m_4K) | 30 |
| Staszek Zola (PROMPT-MO-1_Apogee) | 18 |
| Mauritz Wicker (LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K) | 12 |
| Fraser Lewis (LCOGT-HO-40cm_QHY600M) | 10 |
| Rachel Street (LCOGT-Teide-1m_4K) | 9 |
| Andrea Reguitti (AsiagoAO-0.67_G4-16000) | 8 |
| Fraser Lewis (LCOGT-Teide-40cm_QHY600M) | 8 |
| Michal Siwak (Planetarium_Slaskie_Kepler4040) | 6 |
| Lukasz Wyrzykowski (Seestar-S30) | 6 |
| Lukasz Wyrzykowski (UAM-PST3B_ANDOR) | 2 |
| Michal Siwak (Moravian_C3-61000_PRO) | 1 |
| name | count |
|---|---|
| Franz-Josef Hambsch | 8814 |
| Staszek Zola | 409 |
| Katarzyna Kruszynska | 261 |
| Nicholas Rattenbury | 151 |
| Stephen M. Brincat | 107 |