TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294759 [ 2026TNSTR1142....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-17 05:07:28
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026fty
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aailwrx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:36:00.972 (309.0040483) DEC = +00:56:45.48 (0.945968)
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 13:22:14.001 (JD=2461098.0571065)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-26 13:22:14.001
Flux: 18.5687 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-25 13:34:31
Limiting flux: 16.8381 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/2026fty