TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 290478 [ 2026TNSTR.531....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-08 14:44:15
Date made public:
Sender: Joysankar Majumdar
Reporting Group: BHTOM     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Joysankar Majumdar (U.Warsaw), Łukasz Wyrzykowski (U.Warsaw/NCBJ, PL/EASST.eu), Mariusz Gromadzki (U.Warsaw), Przemek Mikolajczyk (U.Wr./NCBJ) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026cmz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:50:46.026 (252.6917752) DEC = -04:56:54.80 (-4.9485555)
Discovery date: 2026-02-04 12:17:08.998 (JD=2461076.0119097)


Remarks: Possibly it is a CV. A faint blue source on PanSTARSS and DESI images. BHTOM page https://bhtom.space/public/targets/ZTF26aaezpck

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-04 12:17:08.998
Flux: 17.86 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: Pan-STARRS mean g mag on 2011-12-13 06:06:35.210 was 21.97(0.08)

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