TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 315256 [ 2026TNSTR2926....1Z ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-14 20:13:47
Date made public:
Sender: XOSS_Bot0
Reporting Group: XOSS     Discovery Data Source: XOSS

Mi Zhang, Jianlin Xu, Hualin Li, Ziyang Mai, Leiming Tang, Yanxi Li, Ezhar Elijan, Wenjie Zhou, Jingyuan Zhao, Guoyou Sun, Jiangao Ruan, Xing Gao, on behalf of the PSP team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026uti
Discoverer internal name: PSP26M
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:44:56.430 (11.235125) DEC = +41:57:41.60 (41.961556)
Discovery date: 2026-07-13 19:15:41.184 (JD=2461235.30256)

Potential host galaxy: M31
Host redshift: -0.001

Remarks: Nova candidate classified by XOSS. Details can be found at http://xjltp.china-vo.org/psp26m.html

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-13 19:15:41.184
Flux: 17.98 VegaMag
Filter: Clear-
Instrument: Other
Telescope: Other

Last non-detection:
Archival info: SDSS
Remarks: Nova candidate classified by XOSS. Details can be found at http://xjltp.china-vo.org/psp26m.html

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