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2026-04-28 12:52:55
Type: Object/s-Data/Analysis
DAO and UBC Southern Observatory photometric follow-up of selected transients 2026-II
Authors: D. D. Balam (DAO/NRC), A. C. Boley (University of British Columbia - UBC) and S. Chan (UBC)
Source Group: DAO_OTS
Keywords: Photometry
Abstract:
We present (SDSS) g&r filter (DAO) and (Kron-Cousins - V & R) photometric follow up observations of selected optical transients obtained using the 1.82-m Plaskett telescope of the (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory) National Research Council of Canada and the University of British Columbia (Thunderbird) Southern Observatory 0.5-m + CCD telescope during the period of UT 2026 April.

Photometric observations obtained with the 1.82-m Plaskett telescope are differential (SDSS g&r filters) and measured from stars in either the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Skyserver) or the Pan-STARRS release 1 (PS1) Survey - DR1. Observations obtained with the UBC Southern telescope are in the Kron-Cousins filter system. The photometric observations are contained in an attached table (see below - OTmags_260428.txt).

The transient host galaxy light in our photometric measurement is minimized via one of two methods: Reference images are downloaded from the PanSTARRS image access (Flewelling, H. A., et al.) and are convolved, using the nightly PSF to match our images. The reference is then subtracted from our co-added images. A secondary photometric standard is defined and retained on the subtracted image using a pixel mask. 

A second method involves creating a model galaxy, using the IRAF artdata packages, scaling it to the images and subtracting the host galaxy. The differential photometry  was then performed using Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF) (Tody, D. 1986, "The IRAF Data Reduction and Analysis System").

Note:  photometric redshifts of presumed host galaxies are marked 'p' and spectroscopic redshifts are marked 's'. All host redshifts are via the SDSS Skyserver.

Show current TNS values
Catalog Name Reported RA Reported DEC Reported Obj-Type Reported Redshift Host Name Host Redshift Remarks TNS RA TNS DEC TNS Obj-Type TNS Redshift
TNS 2026iea 09:58:16.781 +27:40:45.48 09:58:16.781 +27:40:45.48
TNS 2026ked 10:46:05.916 +41:46:18.88 10:46:05.916 +41:46:18.88
TNS 2026khk 16:16:44.333 +52:18:26.69 16:16:44.333 +52:18:26.69
TNS 2026kjw 15:09:15.955 +68:56:49.44 15:09:15.955 +68:56:49.44
TNS 2026kob 17:09:50.841 +26:09:14.15 17:09:50.810 +26:09:14.16 SN Ia 0.046
TNS 2026kra 13:37:50.630 +28:28:21.58 13:37:50.630 +28:28:21.58
TNS 2026ktv 12:50:40.206 +33:39:42.97 12:50:40.240 +33:39:42.77
TNS 2026kia 10:53:55.518 -16:06:06.72 SN II 0.014577 MCG -03-28-017 0.014577 10:53:55.518 -16:06:06.72 SN II 0.014577

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               UT               g           g-r            secondary standard            host/projenitor          g     type      z
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2026iea  2026 04 05.176       19.08 (0.04) -0.12 (0.06)    PS 141181495630941710      SDSS J095816.95+274036.0  16.71   galaxy   0.083 s
2026ked  2026 04 23.188       20.96 (0.10) +0.95 (0.13)    PS 158101615517690000      SDSS J104605.97+414618.7  20.92   galaxy   0.208 p
2026khk  2026 04 23.457       19.62 (0.04) +0.09 (0.06)    PS 170742442148982940      SDSS J161644.16+521828.9  19.80   galaxy   0.145 p
2026kjw  2026 04 26.404       18.36 (0.02) -0.08 (0.04)    PS 190772273422670800     WISEA J150914.99+685651.4  18.40   galaxy
2026kob  2026 04 26.475       17.16 (0.02)                 PS 139362574932072900     WISEA J170950.74+260914.7  16.06   galaxy   0.058 s
2026kra  2026 04 26.287       18.73 (0.02) -0.07 (0.03)    PS 142142044990973230      SDSS J133750.53+282820.2  19.41   galaxy   0.092 p
2026kra  2026 04 27.330       18.69 (0.02) +0.01 (0.03)
2026ktv  2026 04 27.204       19.63 (0.05) +0.31 (0.06)    PS 148341926502819650      SDSS J125040.00+333950.6  19.47   galaxy   0.149 p


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               UT          V   err     R   err     V-R  err   secondary standard       host/projenitor         g     type       z
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2026kia  2026 04 23.160  16.54 0.03  16.51 0.02   +0.03 0.05   TYC 6076-224-1          MCG -03-28-017 *              galaxy   0.015 s  Sharon
2026kia  2026 04 24.080  16.35 0.03  16.41 0.02   -0.06 0.05
2026kia  2026 04 25.025  16.42 0.02  16.33 0.02   +0.09 0.05