TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293311
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 12:31:25
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026eqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaiuefn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:49:51.906 (192.4662758) DEC = +34:08:16.98 (34.1380495)
Discovery date: 2026-02-28 10:58:38.997 (JD=2461099.9573958)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-28 10:58:38.997
Flux: 18.667 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-26 08:27:05
Limiting flux: 20.1736 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/2026eqj
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 12:31:25
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026eqj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaiuefn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:49:51.906 (192.4662758) DEC = +34:08:16.98 (34.1380495)
Discovery date: 2026-02-28 10:58:38.997 (JD=2461099.9573958)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-28 10:58:38.997
Flux: 18.667 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-26 08:27:05
Limiting flux: 20.1736 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/2026eqj