TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293839 [ 2026TNSTR.956....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-07 18:31:22
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: SN 2026faf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aajriov
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 08:57:00.296 (134.2512321) DEC = -04:12:31.44 (-4.208734)
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:11:07.998 (JD=2461095.8410648)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 08:11:07.998
Flux: 20.5384 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-24 06:55:42
Limiting flux: 20.4067 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/2026faf