TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300808 [ 2026TNSTR1724....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 18:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026kep
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatmcni
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:59:50.273 (194.9594702) DEC = -10:58:39.19 (-10.9775536)
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 08:05:00.004 (JD=2461150.8368056)
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aatmcni
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 08:05:00.004
Flux: 19.6694 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-20 06:33:13
Limiting flux: 20.3528 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kep
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 18:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026kep
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatmcni
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:59:50.273 (194.9594702) DEC = -10:58:39.19 (-10.9775536)
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 08:05:00.004 (JD=2461150.8368056)
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aatmcni
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 08:05:00.004
Flux: 19.6694 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-20 06:33:13
Limiting flux: 20.3528 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kep