TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293837 [ 2026TNSTR.956....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-07 18:20:41
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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

IAU Designation: AT 2026fad
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahptvp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:41:15.363 (130.314011) DEC = +07:23:54.22 (7.3983954)
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 06:36:29.998 (JD=2461095.7753472)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 06:36:29.998
Flux: 20.5054 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-23 08:55:06
Limiting flux: 20.2629 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/2026fad