TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318471 [ 2026TNSTR3152....1C ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-04 23:30:08
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 2026xii
Discoverer internal name: PS26gpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:01:15.668 (135.315283302) DEC = -05:59:28.13 (-5.99114809759)
Discovery date: 2026-02-13 08:25:08.256 (JD=2461084.85079)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-13 08:25:08.256
Flux: 22.09 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/2026xii