TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294029 [ 2026TNSTR.988....1L ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-09 19:58:55
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 2026fei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aagjxhx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 06:43:39.472 (100.9144683) DEC = +25:22:24.92 (25.3735877)
Discovery date: 2026-02-08 05:06:08.000 (JD=2461079.7125926)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-08 05:06:08.000
Flux: 20.8815 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-08 05:04:47
Limiting flux: 20.5862 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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