TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293067 [ 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 2026emj
Discoverer internal name: 313928194187591742
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:50:06.576 (57.527402) DEC = -48:01:44.04 (-48.0289)
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 08:38:24.000 (JD=2461096.86)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-25 08:38:24.000
Flux: 23.3428 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2026emj