TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308109
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 12:40:09
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Yogesh Wagh (LJMU), 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 2026oxz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbaxhz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:38:19.802 (9.58251) DEC = -05:15:31.84 (-5.258845)
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 11:14:55.999 (JD=2461199.9687037)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 11:14:55.999
Flux: 19.6034 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026oxz
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 12:40:09
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Yogesh Wagh (LJMU), 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 2026oxz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbaxhz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:38:19.802 (9.58251) DEC = -05:15:31.84 (-5.258845)
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 11:14:55.999 (JD=2461199.9687037)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 11:14:55.999
Flux: 19.6034 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No non-detections prior to first detection in ZTF Public, ZTF Public+Partnership alert streams
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026oxz