| Internal name | KATS26A010 |  |
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| RA/DEC (2000) | 23 38 44.36 +60 21 29.7 | ||
| Discovery date (UT) | 2026-01-18.63928 | ||
| Discovery Mag (Clear) | 18.68CV | ||
| Host name | Cas | ||
| Host Redshift | |||
| Type | |||
| Redshift | |||
| Other name/s | AT 2026apn ZTF26aaartfa |
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| References | Discovery image taken around 2026 Jan. 18.63928 UT at N86 | PanSTARRS-1 Image | |
| Reporter/s | Jianlin Xu, Mi Zhang, Guoyou Sun, Jiangao Ruan, Jingyuan Zhao, Wenjie Zhou, Yong Ma, Ye, Zhuoyang Chen (Xingming Obs.), Hanjie Tan (AUUK), Guangwei Wu (NAAA), Xing Gao, Ali Esamdin, Chunhai Bai, Yong Wang (XAO), on behalf of the KATS team | ||
| Remarks | Cataclysmic variable candidate classified by XOSS. Details can be found at https://xjltp.china-vo.org/kats26a010.html | ||
| Discovery report | We report the discovery of a cataclysmic variable candidate (mag C = 18.68 ± 0.17). The object was detected on several 60-s survey images (limiting mag ~19.5) taken on 2026 Jan. 18.63928 UT by Xing Gao in the course of the KATS survey of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. | ||
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