TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304714 [ 2026TNSTR2186....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-20 18:07:34
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 2026nfw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxnldg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:41:11.861 (310.29942130786) DEC = +07:30:47.06 (7.5130718078606)
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:47:50.001 (JD=2461180.9082176)
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.23+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.11+-0.03 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aaxnldg
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:47:50.001
Flux: 19.6773 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-15 11:13:34
Limiting flux: 19.7808 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2026nfw
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-20 18:07:34
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 2026nfw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxnldg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:41:11.861 (310.29942130786) DEC = +07:30:47.06 (7.5130718078606)
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:47:50.001 (JD=2461180.9082176)
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.23+-0.03 mag/day, r-rise > 0.11+-0.03 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aaxnldg
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:47:50.001
Flux: 19.6773 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-15 11:13:34
Limiting flux: 19.7808 ABMag
Filter: i-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/2026nfw