TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307241
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-07 00:32:21
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: AT 2026ojv
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26gti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:10:24.455 (137.601894444) DEC = -13:57:44.58 (-13.9623844444)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 17:35:21.696 (JD=2461197.23289)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 17:35:21.696
Flux: 19.004 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-05 01:49:19
Limiting flux: 18.67 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/2026ojv
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-07 00:32:21
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: AT 2026ojv
Discoverer internal name: ATLAS26gti
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:10:24.455 (137.601894444) DEC = -13:57:44.58 (-13.9623844444)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 17:35:21.696 (JD=2461197.23289)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 17:35:21.696
Flux: 19.004 ABMag
Filter: cyan-ATLAS
Instrument: ATLAS-03
Telescope: ATLAS Sutherland
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-05 01:49:19
Limiting flux: 18.67 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/2026ojv