TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293347

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 19:54:34
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2026erf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahkwgn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:40:23.425 (265.0976058) DEC = +04:58:32.06 (4.9755729)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 13:08:22.004 (JD=2461095.0474769)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 13:08:22.004
Flux: 18.6574 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-12 13:22:05
Limiting flux: 20.6458 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/2026erf