TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 291251 [ 2026TNSTR.631....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-14 11:35:06
Date made public:
Sender: Ismael Perez-Fournon
Reporting Group: SGLF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

I. Pérez-Fournon (IAC and ULL), D. Cano-Morales, I. Correa-Plasencia, A.E. Hernández-Díaz, E. Lekaroz-Urriza, M. Quintana-Ansaldo (ULL), F. Poidevin (IAC and ULL), C. Jiménez Ángel (GRANTECAN), R. Shirley (MPE), R. Marques-Chaves (Univ. of Geneva), and S. Geier (GRANTECAN & IAC) on behalf of SGLF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026dbl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaglqak
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:01:17.374 (135.322392) DEC = +18:36:07.73 (18.602147)
Discovery date: 2026-02-14 08:23:00.000 (JD=2461085.8493056)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J090117.42+183606.5

Remarks: SN candidate discovered using the public ZTF alerts, the LSST/ZTF brokers, and our SGLF filters. ZTF light curve available at the LSST/ZTF brokers, e.g.: https://lasair-ztf.lsst.ac.uk/objects/ZTF26aaglqak/ https://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aaglqak https://antares.noirlab.edu/loci/ANT2026b1ca1paa53x6

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-14 08:23:00.000
Flux: 18.68 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-09 07:38:47
Limiting flux: 20.623 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026dbl