TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 299278 [ 2026TNSTR1481....1F ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-08 20:33:42
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026ixm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aarctca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:18:36.220 (109.65091786543) DEC = +18:02:13.21 (18.037001777635)
Discovery date: 2026-04-04 03:37:41.002 (JD=2461134.651169)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J071836.19+180212.6
Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.63+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aarctca
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-04 03:37:41.002
Flux: 20.4309 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-02 06:18:56
Limiting flux: 19.4679 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026ixm
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-08 20:33:42
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026ixm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aarctca
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:18:36.220 (109.65091786543) DEC = +18:02:13.21 (18.037001777635)
Discovery date: 2026-04-04 03:37:41.002 (JD=2461134.651169)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J071836.19+180212.6
Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 0.63+-0.01 mag/day) 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/ZTF26aarctca
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-04 03:37:41.002
Flux: 20.4309 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-02 06:18:56
Limiting flux: 19.4679 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026ixm