TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 299691 [ 2026TNSTR1518....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-10 20:10:49
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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: SN 2026jgo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaskpfe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:11:00.071 (317.7502955) DEC = -12:31:56.57 (-12.5323813)
Discovery date: 2026-04-10 12:10:38.997 (JD=2461141.0073958)

Potential host galaxy: WISEA J211100.08-123201.4

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/ZTF26aaskpfe

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-10 12:10:38.997
Flux: 17.9913 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

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