TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293838 [ 2026TNSTR.956....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-07 18:26:28
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 2026fae
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aafeeqd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:46:58.328 (116.7430316) DEC = +13:12:28.14 (13.2078165)
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 07:18:34.001 (JD=2461097.8045602)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 07:18:34.001
Flux: 20.0907 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-26 06:15:33
Limiting flux: 20.0255 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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