TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 298279 [ 2026TNSTR1404....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-02 10:41:04
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (Caltech), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech), Thomas Culino (Caltech), Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (CIT, IPAC), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN) , Pete Bachant (Caltech) on behalf of Z+LIONS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2019aayd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF19acekkmd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:54:32.026 (148.6334414) DEC = -01:17:28.49 (-1.2912479)
Discovery date: 2019-10-11 12:46:42.997 (JD=2458768.0324421)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2019-10-11 12:46:42.997
Flux: 17.7592 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2019-10-09 12:53:21
Limiting flux: 18.4697 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2019aayd