TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292885 [ 2026TNSTR.801....1D ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 04:06:19
Date made public:
Sender: Rupesh Durgesh
Reporting Group: COIN Discovery Data Source: Fink
R. Durgesh (independent), P. Pessi (NCBJ), E. E. O. Ishida (CNRS), E. E. Hayes (KIC), L. Nakazono (USP), R. A. P. Oliveira (UW), A. Moitinho (CENTRA), A. Krone-Martins (UC), B. Moews (UE), R. S. de Souza (UH), R. Beck (independent), M. A. Kuhn (UH), K. Nowak (UH), and S. Vaughan (MU), for the COIN collaboration. report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026ejk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aagrkfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:09:40.664 (227.4194327) DEC = +00:18:52.87 (0.3146855)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 00:00:00.000 (JD=2461094.5)
Remarks: The candidate was found through a dedicated Fink hostless Telegram bot, publicly available at https://t.me/fink_hostless
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 00:00:00.000
Flux: 19.94 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.46 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ejk
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 04:06:19
Date made public:
Sender: Rupesh Durgesh
Reporting Group: COIN Discovery Data Source: Fink
R. Durgesh (independent), P. Pessi (NCBJ), E. E. O. Ishida (CNRS), E. E. Hayes (KIC), L. Nakazono (USP), R. A. P. Oliveira (UW), A. Moitinho (CENTRA), A. Krone-Martins (UC), B. Moews (UE), R. S. de Souza (UH), R. Beck (independent), M. A. Kuhn (UH), K. Nowak (UH), and S. Vaughan (MU), for the COIN collaboration. report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026ejk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aagrkfc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:09:40.664 (227.4194327) DEC = +00:18:52.87 (0.3146855)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 00:00:00.000 (JD=2461094.5)
Remarks: The candidate was found through a dedicated Fink hostless Telegram bot, publicly available at https://t.me/fink_hostless
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 00:00:00.000
Flux: 19.94 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-14 00:00:00
Limiting flux: 20.46 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ejk