Rubin Observatory (LSST)

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Active galactic nucleus 97% confidence

A feeding supermassive black hole flickering at the heart of a galaxy.

First detected: 2026-10-30 05:06 UTC; 3 days ago
Last detected: 2026-10-31 05:23 UTC; 42 h ago
Detections: 3; plus 2 forced measurements
Position (J2000): 02:16:57.56 -04:04:44.1; 34.23981°, -4.07890°

Light curve

No light-curve points stored yet.

Sky Alerts fetches light curves for the most notable objects after each nightly update, so this one may fill in tomorrow. The ALeRCE explorer has the full history now.

Classification

stamp_classifier_rubin_beta_20260421 · 2.0.2

Active galactic nucleus97%

Where in the sky

Whole sky, right ascension (hours) across, declination (degrees) up. The dashed curve is the plane of the Milky Way.