RA/DEC (2000)
13:25:55.969 -42:58:07.46
201.483204 -42.968739
Type
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Redshift
Discovery Report
Reporting Group
ATLAS
Discovering Data Source
ATLAS
Discovery Date
2026-02-26 06:20:06.144
TNS AT
Y
Public
Y
Discovery Mag
18.389
Filter
orange-ATLAS
Reporter/s
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)
NEDSIMBADDECaLSPanSTARRS-1SkyMapperVizieRWISEDSSADS

Light curves

 ▌ATLAS-CHL_ATLAS-04_orange
 ▌BG2_BlackGEM-Cam2_BG-q
   
Pointer position (MJD, Mag, Abs.Mag): (0.00, 0.00, 0.00)
No Data
Light Curves
Filter Tel / Inst Obs-date range JD Range Photometry
orange-ATLAS ATLAS-CHL_ATLAS-04 2026-02-25 06:57:37 - 2026-02-26 06:20:06 2461096.79001 - 2461097.76396 2
Photometry
ID Obs-date JD Mag. / Flux Err Lim. Mag./Flux Units Filter Tel / Inst Exp-time Observer/s Remarks
562091 2026-02-26 06:20:06 2461097.76396 18.389 0.112 19.2 ABMag orange-ATLAS ATLAS-CHL_ATLAS-04 30 Robot
562090 2026-02-25 06:57:37 2461096.79001 19.09 ABMag orange-ATLAS ATLAS-CHL_ATLAS-04 30 Robot [Last non detection]
BG-q-BlackGem BG2_BlackGEM-Cam2 2026-02-20 05:03:47 - 2026-03-03 07:29:12 2461091.7109606 - 2461102.8119444 2
Photometry
ID Obs-date JD Mag. / Flux Err Lim. Mag./Flux Units Filter Tel / Inst Exp-time Observer/s Remarks
571790 2026-03-03 07:29:12 2461102.8119444 18.98 0.1 19.93 ABMag BG-q-BlackGem BG2_BlackGEM-Cam2 60 robotic
571789 2026-02-20 05:03:47 2461091.7109606 21.2 ABMag BG-q-BlackGem BG2_BlackGEM-Cam2 60 robotic [Last non detection]
AT Reports
ID Time received (UT) Sender Reporter/s Reporting group Disc. Data Source RA DEC Discovery date (UT) Discovery Mag. Filter Related files AT Type Host name Internal name Assoc. Groups End prop. period Remarks ADS Bibcode Unreal Auto classification
298247 2026-04-01 15:43:37 BlackGEM_Bot1 H. Tranin, F. Stoppa, D. Pieterse et al. BlackGEM BlackGEM 13:25:55.969 -42:58:07.46 2026-03-03 07:29:12.000 18.98 BG-q-BlackGem PSN BGEM J132555.97-425807.5 BlackGEM N
293253 2026-02-27 13:15:44 ATLAS_Bot1 J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii) et al. ATLAS ATLAS 13:25:55.993 -42:58:08.11 2026-02-26 06:20:06.144 18.389 orange-ATLAS PSN ATLAS26cmr ATLAS 2026TNSTR.857....1T N
No Data

Comments

TNS
System

Wed, 04/01/2026 - 15:43

Object coordinates updated

Object coordinates updated according to AT-report 298247 of Group BlackGEM
Previous RA, DEC: 13:25:55.993, -42:58:08.11 (201.483305, -42.96892)
Updated RA, DEC: 13:25:55.969, -42:58:07.46 (201.483204, -42.968739)

Charlotte
Angus

Fri, 02/27/2026 - 13:18

Potential nova candidate in ATLAS

We flag 2026epn as a potential nova, given the host distance and current luminosity in ATLAS photometry (M=-9.5)