TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307155 [ 2026TNSTR2360....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-05 16:21:48
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 2026ohy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazuwhc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:47:56.825 (251.9867727) DEC = -25:01:44.85 (-25.029125)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 07:51:34.998 (JD=2461196.8274884)

Potential host galaxy: ESO 518- G 004
Host redshift: 0.018429

Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.09+-0.01 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/ZTF26aazuwhc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 07:51:34.998
Flux: 19.021 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-04 09:53:50
Limiting flux: 18.9444 ABMag
Filter: g-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/2026ohy