TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308146

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 15:37:22
Date made public:
Sender: GOTO_bot
Reporting Group: GOTO     Discovery Data Source: GOTO

J. Mills, D. O'Neill, K. Ackley, M. Dyer, J. Lyman, K. Ulaczyk, D. Steeghs, D. Galloway, V. Dhillon, P. O'Brien, G. Ramsay, K. Noysena, R. Kotak, R. Breton, J. Casares, L. Nuttall, R. Starling, B. Gompertz, B. Godson, T. Killestein, A. Kumar, M. Pursiainen, on behalf of GOTO collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026oyo
Discoverer internal name: GOTO26fuh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:38:02.268 (219.509451) DEC = +18:37:59.98 (18.633328)
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 21:56:58.848 (JD=2461194.414567)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 21:56:58.848
Flux: 19.7 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-31 22:42:46
Limiting flux: 19.5 ABMag
Filter: L-GOTO
Instrument: GOTO-1
Telescope: GOTO-North


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026oyo