TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293358

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-28 20:08:10
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: AT 2026erm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF21aaoaxfa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:38.841 (207.4118395) DEC = +25:44:58.28 (25.7495221)
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 10:59:59.997 (JD=2461094.9583333)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-23 10:59:59.997
Flux: 19.9305 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-15 09:56:39
Limiting flux: 18.8456 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/2026erm