TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 312772 [ 2026TNSTR2810....1S ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-06 12:53:30
Date made public:
Sender: LVRA
Reporting Group: Lasair Discovery Data Source: Rubin
H. F. Stevance, K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), R. D. Williams, G. P. Francis (Edinburgh), D. R. Young (QUB), A. Lawrence, T. M. Sloan (Edinburgh) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026rwa
Discoverer internal name: LSST-AP-DO-170609126328500283
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:48:32.800 (57.136665444168) DEC = -48:19:09.46 (-48.319294578771)
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:03:17.280 (JD=2461227.91895)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:03:17.280
Flux: 21.2579 ABMag
Filter: i-LSST
Instrument: LSSTCam
Telescope: Rubin Observatory - Simonyi Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026rwa
Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-06 12:53:30
Date made public:
Sender: LVRA
Reporting Group: Lasair Discovery Data Source: Rubin
H. F. Stevance, K. W. Smith, S. J. Smartt (Oxford/QUB), R. D. Williams, G. P. Francis (Edinburgh), D. R. Young (QUB), A. Lawrence, T. M. Sloan (Edinburgh) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026rwa
Discoverer internal name: LSST-AP-DO-170609126328500283
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:48:32.800 (57.136665444168) DEC = -48:19:09.46 (-48.319294578771)
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:03:17.280 (JD=2461227.91895)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:03:17.280
Flux: 21.2579 ABMag
Filter: i-LSST
Instrument: LSSTCam
Telescope: Rubin Observatory - Simonyi Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026rwa