TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293350
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 19:54:45
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 2026erg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahjyxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:28:37.821 (217.1575886) DEC = -00:31:51.97 (-0.5311022)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:02:52.002 (JD=2461094.9603241)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:02:52.002
Flux: 20.0111 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-23 11:01:30
Limiting flux: 20.3343 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026erg
Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 19:54:45
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 2026erg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahjyxl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:28:37.821 (217.1575886) DEC = -00:31:51.97 (-0.5311022)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:02:52.002 (JD=2461094.9603241)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 11:02:52.002
Flux: 20.0111 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-23 11:01:30
Limiting flux: 20.3343 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026erg