| Internal name | KATS26Q005 |  |
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| RA/DEC (2000) | 18 50 59.86 -06 03 59.9 | ||
| Discovery date (UT) | 2026-08-29.68549 | ||
| Discovery Mag (Clear) | 17.89CV | ||
| Host name | Sct | ||
| Host Redshift | |||
| Type | |||
| Redshift | |||
| Other name/s | AT 2026abuf ZTF26abqwffp |
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| References | Discovery image taken around 2026 Aug. 29.68549 UT at N86 | PanSTARRS-1 Image | |
| Reporter/s | Jianlin Xu, Mi Zhang, Ziyang Mai, Guoyou Sun, Jiangao Ruan, Jingyuan Zhao, Wenjie Zhou, Yong Ma, Ezhar Elijan, 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/kats26q005.html | ||
| Discovery report | We report the discovery of a cataclysmic variable (mag C = 17.89 ± 0.20). The object was detected on several 60-s survey images (limiting mag ~19.5) taken on 2026 Aug. 29.68549 UT by Xing Gao in the course of the KATS survey of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. | ||
| Comments | |||
| KATS26Q005 C2026 08 02.77868 18 50 59.95 -06 04 00.8 >19.50CV N86 KATS26Q005 C2026 08 29.68549 18 50 59.86 -06 03 59.9 17.98+-0.20CV N86 |
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