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Balam, D. D., Chan, S., & Boley, A. C. 2026, “AT 2026ably,” Transient Name Server Discovery Report No. 2026-3684 (https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ably)

A candidate cataclysmic variable discovered on 2026-09-07 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (host: NGC 0292 / SMC), at RA 00:46:54.23, Dec -73:34:03.47. Discovery magnitude 14.52 in the R-Cousins filter, observed with the UBC Southern (Thunderbird) Observatory 0.5-m + CCD. Reported by D. D. Balam (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, NRC Canada), S. Chan (UBC), and A. C. Boley (UBC) under the DAO_OTS reporting group. A faint point source (Gaia G = 19.38) coincides with the position.