TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 298705 [ 2026TNSTR1441....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-05 17:11:46
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 2026imd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aarcsvq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:34:40.394 (113.6683077) DEC = +06:47:53.68 (6.7982439)
Discovery date: 2026-04-02 03:41:57.998 (JD=2461132.6541435)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-02 03:41:57.998
Flux: 19.7753 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-02 03:41:17
Limiting flux: 19.4968 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/2026imd