TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306620 [ 2026TNSTR2337....1T ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-30 23:47:43
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026nwj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26goh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:45:41.029 (146.420955) DEC = +04:56:56.92 (4.949145)
Discovery date: 2026-05-30 17:18:38.592 (JD=2461191.22128)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-30 17:18:38.592
Flux: 18.451 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-29 00:25:24
Limiting flux: 18.62 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2026nwj
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-30 23:47:43
Date made public:
Sender: ATLAS_Bot1
Reporting Group: ATLAS Discovery Data Source: ATLAS
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, H. Weiland (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Jordan, V. Suc (UAI, Obstech), M. R. Alarcón, J. Licandro, P. Nichita (IAC), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), D. R. Young, M. Nicholl, M. Fulton, M. McCollum, T. Moore, J. Weston, X. Sheng, C. R. Angus, A. Wilson, A. Aamer, D. Magill, P. J. Broda, A. J. Smith (QUB), P. Ramsden (Birmingham/QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), S. Srivastav, J. H. Gillanders, H. Stevance, A. J. Cooper, F. Stoppa, J. Tweddle, L. Eastman (Oxford), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. S. Sommer (LMU), B. P. Schmidt (ANU) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026nwj
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26goh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:45:41.029 (146.420955) DEC = +04:56:56.92 (4.949145)
Discovery date: 2026-05-30 17:18:38.592 (JD=2461191.22128)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-30 17:18:38.592
Flux: 18.451 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-29 00:25:24
Limiting flux: 18.62 ABMag
Filter: orange-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-04
Telescope: ATLAS El Sauce
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2026nwj