TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 291373 [ 2026TNSTR.649....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-15 07:10:28
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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 2026dfg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22abonqsx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:31:43.629 (22.931788) DEC = +11:43:10.55 (11.7195984)
Discovery date: 2026-02-14 02:42:05.002 (JD=2461085.6125579)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-14 02:42:05.002
Flux: 17.067 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2022-10-15 09:17:25
Limiting flux: 19.6178 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/2026dfg