TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292915 [ 2026TNSTR.817....1V ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 10:48:18
Date made public:
Sender: SAGUARO_Bot1
Reporting Group: SAGUARO Discovery Data Source: Rubin
Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Manisha Shrestha, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Charles D. Kilpatrick, K. Azalee Bostroem, Noah Franz, David J. Sand, Bhagya Subrayan, Conor Ransome, Jennifer E. Andrews, Wen-fai Fong, Kate D. Alexander, Katie Auchettl, Monika Soraisam report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026ekf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:30:49.857 (187.70773707121) DEC = +08:16:26.15 (8.273931557308)
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 07:00:10.000 (JD=2461096.7917824)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 07:00:10.000
Flux: 22.8422 ABMag
Filter: i-LSST
Instrument: LSSTCam
Telescope: Rubin Observatory - Simonyi Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: LSST
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ekf
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 10:48:18
Date made public:
Sender: SAGUARO_Bot1
Reporting Group: SAGUARO Discovery Data Source: Rubin
Sergiy S. Vasylyev, Manisha Shrestha, Griffin Hosseinzadeh, Charles D. Kilpatrick, K. Azalee Bostroem, Noah Franz, David J. Sand, Bhagya Subrayan, Conor Ransome, Jennifer E. Andrews, Wen-fai Fong, Kate D. Alexander, Katie Auchettl, Monika Soraisam report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026ekf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:30:49.857 (187.70773707121) DEC = +08:16:26.15 (8.273931557308)
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 07:00:10.000 (JD=2461096.7917824)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 07:00:10.000
Flux: 22.8422 ABMag
Filter: i-LSST
Instrument: LSSTCam
Telescope: Rubin Observatory - Simonyi Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: LSST
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ekf