TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294988 [ 2026TNSTR1166....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-18 18:23:26
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 2026fxy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aalrwrg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:52:22.622 (223.0942574) DEC = +03:26:35.73 (3.443257)
Discovery date: 2026-03-12 11:08:10.999 (JD=2461111.9640162)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-12 11:08:10.999
Flux: 20.706 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-12 10:09:55
Limiting flux: 20.2658 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/2026fxy