TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293042 [ 2026TNSTR.842....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-26 00:46:31
Date made public:
Sender: VHU-TDA
Reporting Group: VHU-TDA     Discovery Data Source: VHU-TDA

Kaylee de Soto (Harvard/CfA), Yize Dong (Harvard/CfA), Anya Nugent (Harvard/CfA), S. Karthik Yadavalli (Harvard/CfA), V. Ashley Villar (Harvard/CfA), Sushant Sharma Chaudhary (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Alex Gagliano (Harvard/CfA), Danielle Frostig(Harvard/CfA), Daichi Tsuna (Harvard/CfA), Eric Burns (LSU), Emily Reily (LSU), Vikas Chand (LSU), Igor Andreoni (UNC) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026elp
Discoverer internal name: 313681913638813716
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 04:13:28.434 (63.368473) DEC = -47:41:33.86 (-47.692738)
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 02:38:24.000 (JD=2461096.61)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 02:38:24.000
Flux: 22.7661 ABMag
Filter: g-LSST
Instrument: LSSTCam
Telescope: Rubin Observatory - Simonyi Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other

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