# AT 2026ofr: a new (and possibly very close) optical transient

**URL:** <https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/at-2026ofr-a-new-and-possibly-very-close-optical-transient/527>\
**Category:** Latest transients\
**Created:** [June 5, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/at-2026ofr-a-new-and-possibly-very-close-optical-transient/527 "2026-06-05T21:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/at-2026ofr-a-new-and-possibly-very-close-optical-transient/527/1 "2026-06-05T21:10:33Z")

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AT 2026ofr was detected by the ATLAS observatory: [2026-183 | Transient Name Server](https://www.wis-tns.org/astronotes/astronote/2026-183)  
“_ATLAS26gre is offset by 18.6 arcsec south, 61.5 arcsec west from NGC 5102, which is at z = 0.002 or d = 4 Mpc._”

Astro-COLIBRI details are here: [Astro-COLIBRI](https://astro-colibri.com/event:TNS2026ofr)

Note that there is a very bright (~2.7mag) star “iot Cen” nearby:

 ![Capture d’écran 2026-06-05 à 23.08.49](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/uploads/astro_colibri/original/1X/9d0e3660d68af5eb5981d89819239664bcdb63ad.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/at-2026ofr-a-new-and-possibly-very-close-optical-transient/527/2 "2026-06-06T06:31:05Z")

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Unfortunately it could well be a foreground CV 😔

> **[Classification certificate for object 2026ofr | Transient Name Server](https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ofr/classification-cert)**