AT2026whq (via TNS)

First reported by: GOTO

Volunteers who marked this as real:

Jose Alberto da Silva Campos, M.T. Mazzucato, Mayahuel Torres Guerrero, Antonio Pasqua, Niladri S Kar, Virgilio Gonano, Svetoslav Alexandrov, Nora Vuzmek, Sauro Gaudenzi

GOTO discovery observation: 2026-07-04T22:59:24.799000Z

Volunteer consensus: 90.0%

Subject 122349238

Kilonova Seekers subject for GOTO26hkh

Classification: None

moriarty contextual classification

GOTO174855.45+422924.61 is likely synonymous with a g=21.91 mag galaxy in the ps1_stackobjectview_minimal catalog (0.29” away). Probability of connection 99.831% – host is at 2139.2 Mpc (z=0.3846+/-0.7880*), implying a transient absolute magnitude of -21.62 and sky-projected offset of 1.59 kpc.

Aladin view

Rubin (LSST) ZTF (Lasair)
NED SIMBAD

Legacy Survey DR10 (if available)

Legacy Survey