TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292853 [ 2026TNSTR.798....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 01:32:04
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. Bommireddy, 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 2026eiw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahqhup
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:10:08.968 (182.5373649) DEC = -16:42:00.45 (-16.7001246)
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:26:36.004 (JD=2461095.8518056)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J121008.96-164200.5
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aahqhup
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:26:36.004
Flux: 19.3857 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-15 10:03:05
Limiting flux: 16.7821 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026eiw
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-25 01:32:04
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. Bommireddy, 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 2026eiw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahqhup
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:10:08.968 (182.5373649) DEC = -16:42:00.45 (-16.7001246)
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:26:36.004 (JD=2461095.8518056)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J121008.96-164200.5
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.10+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aahqhup
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:26:36.004
Flux: 19.3857 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-15 10:03:05
Limiting flux: 16.7821 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026eiw