TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293735 [ 2026TNSTR.955....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-07 00:01:16
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (Caltech), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech), Thomas Culino (Caltech) , Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (CIT, IPAC), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN) on behalf of Z+LIONS. report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026eyu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaiwhoq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:34:58.946 (38.7456096) DEC = +20:09:39.54 (20.1609829)
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 03:08:28.999 (JD=2461097.6308912)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 03:08:28.999
Flux: 20.0178 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-14 02:55:01
Limiting flux: 19.7179 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/2026eyu