TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293327
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 13:01:33
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 2026equ
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26cnc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:09:36.837 (182.403488333) DEC = -07:02:49.72 (-7.04714333333)
Discovery date: 2026-02-20 02:49:49.152 (JD=2461091.61793)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-20 02:49:49.152
Flux: 19.281 ABMag
Filter: wide-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-05
Telescope: ATLAS Teide Tenerife
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-19 01:36:32
Limiting flux: 19.68 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026equ
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 13:01:33
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 2026equ
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26cnc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:09:36.837 (182.403488333) DEC = -07:02:49.72 (-7.04714333333)
Discovery date: 2026-02-20 02:49:49.152 (JD=2461091.61793)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-20 02:49:49.152
Flux: 19.281 ABMag
Filter: wide-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-05
Telescope: ATLAS Teide Tenerife
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-19 01:36:32
Limiting flux: 19.68 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026equ