TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294963 [ 2026TNSTR1156....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-18 16:51:00
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 2026fxf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26dcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:08:18.856 (317.078567333) DEC = -60:18:40.25 (-60.3111813333)
Discovery date: 2026-03-13 09:05:26.592 (JD=2461112.87878)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-13 09:05:26.592
Flux: 18.219 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-11 03:29:49
Limiting flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026fxf
Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-18 16:51:00
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 2026fxf
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26dcf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:08:18.856 (317.078567333) DEC = -60:18:40.25 (-60.3111813333)
Discovery date: 2026-03-13 09:05:26.592 (JD=2461112.87878)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-13 09:05:26.592
Flux: 18.219 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-11 03:29:49
Limiting flux: 18.57 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026fxf