TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 298703 [ 2026TNSTR1441....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-05 17:02:52
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Robert Stein (UMD), 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 2026imb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaqqciv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:13:41.244 (48.4218501) DEC = +15:12:17.15 (15.2047629)
Discovery date: 2026-03-30 03:07:47.000 (JD=2461129.6304051)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-30 03:07:47.000
Flux: 18.987 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-30 03:04:19
Limiting flux: 20.5213 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/2026imb