TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318465 [ 2026TNSTR3152....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-04 23:28:26
Date made public:
Sender: PS1_Bot1
Reporting Group: Pan-STARRS     Discovery Data Source: Pan-STARRS

K. C. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Fairlamb, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin, T. Lowe, E. Magnier, P. Minguez, G. Paek, A. Schultz, I. A. Smith, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA, University of Hawaii), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (University of Oxford / Queen's University Belfast), S. Srivastav (University of Oxford), D. R. Young, M. Fulton, M. Nicholl, T. Moore, J. Weston, C. R. Angus (Queen's University Belfast) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026xid
Discoverer internal name: PS26gpe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:46:09.093 (221.537886126) DEC = +20:41:37.30 (20.6936954246)
Discovery date: 2026-07-19 07:02:15.072 (JD=2461240.79323)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-19 07:02:15.072
Flux: 21.05 ABMag
Filter: w-P1
Instrument: GPC2
Telescope: Pan-STARRS2

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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