TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 297088 [ 2026TNSTR1243....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-23 20:18:50
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, A. Mourao, J. Correa-Orellana, H. Bommireddy, S. Jurado, L. Hernandez-Garcia, L. Galbany, J. Silva-Farfan, R. Dastidar, J.P. Brandt, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, G. Cabrera-Vives, R. Carrasco-Davis, P.A. Estevez, P. Huijse, H. Larranaga, C. Mansilla, K. Medina, D. Moreno, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, M. Catelan, S. Eyheramendy, M.J. Graham on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026hap
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaoxfjx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:26:06.874 (231.52864300001) DEC = -14:34:45.37 (-14.57927035)
Discovery date: 2026-03-21 11:28:04.996 (JD=2461120.9778356)


Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aaoxfjx

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-21 11:28:04.996
Flux: 20.4074 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-21 09:59:12
Limiting flux: 20.2232 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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