TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 288235 [ 2026TNSTR.264....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-21 12:56:51
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, J. Correa-Orellana, H. Kumar, S. Jurado, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026aya
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aadfhub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:33:40.187 (248.41744782598) DEC = +15:49:47.42 (15.829838331877)
Discovery date: 2026-01-18 12:45:13.003 (JD=2461059.0314005)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J163340.24+154947.3
Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF26aadfhub
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-18 12:45:13.003
Flux: 20.3784 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-16 13:04:25
Limiting flux: 19.6756 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/2026aya
Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-21 12:56:51
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, J. Correa-Orellana, H. Kumar, S. Jurado, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026aya
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aadfhub
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:33:40.187 (248.41744782598) DEC = +15:49:47.42 (15.829838331877)
Discovery date: 2026-01-18 12:45:13.003 (JD=2461059.0314005)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J163340.24+154947.3
Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF26aadfhub
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-18 12:45:13.003
Flux: 20.3784 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-16 13:04:25
Limiting flux: 19.6756 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/2026aya