TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293187 [ 2026TNSTR.835....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-26 18:41:24
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, G. Pignata, F.E. Bauer, 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 2026eoc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aailnze
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:39:48.399 (234.95166457067) DEC = +13:13:34.36 (13.226210346652)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:06:55.996 (JD=2461094.9631481)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J153948.48+131333.5

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/ZTF26aailnze

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:06:55.996
Flux: 20.5718 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-14 12:55:27
Limiting flux: 20.6731 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/2026eoc