TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294982 [ 2026TNSTR1166....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-18 18:14:00
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

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 2026fxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aamwfmn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:39:17.309 (249.8221208) DEC = +01:59:42.83 (1.9952308)
Discovery date: 2026-03-16 12:06:12.997 (JD=2461116.0043171)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-16 12:06:12.997
Flux: 20.5429 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-16 11:06:08
Limiting flux: 19.9459 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/2026fxt