TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293462 [ 2026TNSTR.895....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-02 08:46:52
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2026etr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aajfegj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:35:15.835 (173.8159806) DEC = -11:59:01.12 (-11.9836433)
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 10:04:03.002 (JD=2461097.9194792)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 10:04:03.002
Flux: 20.0899 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-25 08:59:52
Limiting flux: 19.9891 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026etr