TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306783

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 05:50:34
Date made public:
Sender: BTSbot_bot
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Nabeel Rehemtulla (CIERA, NU), Wynn Jacobson-Galán (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2026nzw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayxpgz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:10:58.051 (212.7418797) DEC = -20:08:43.98 (-20.1455497)
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 05:55:16.996 (JD=2461191.7467245)


Remarks: Bright (m_peak <= 18.5) transient candidate identified autonomously by BTSbot (Rehemtulla et al. 2024; arXiv:2401.15167).

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 05:55:16.996
Flux: 18.8925 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 06:26:14
Limiting flux: 19.4795 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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