TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294318 [ 2026TNSTR1040....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-12 16:55:59
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Wynn Jacobson-Galán (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 2026fkj
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aakkdyr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:40.243 (212.9176806) DEC = +07:19:02.22 (7.3172833)
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 09:52:55.001 (JD=2461095.9117477)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-24 09:52:55.001
Flux: 19.7783 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-23 13:01:55
Limiting flux: 20.166 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/2026fkj