TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308086
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 10:56:50
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026oxf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26hcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:53:38.599 (313.410827143) DEC = -35:13:40.58 (-35.2279385714)
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 12:31:01.056 (JD=2461202.02154)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 12:31:01.056
Flux: 18.812 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-08 06:56:25
Limiting flux: 19.16 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026oxf
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 10:56:50
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026oxf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26hcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:53:38.599 (313.410827143) DEC = -35:13:40.58 (-35.2279385714)
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 12:31:01.056 (JD=2461202.02154)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 12:31:01.056
Flux: 18.812 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-01
Telescope: ATLAS Mauna Loa
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-08 06:56:25
Limiting flux: 19.16 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026oxf