TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300577 [ 2026TNSTR1705....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-18 09:56:10
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026jza
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatdzyb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:40:49.879 (235.2078278) DEC = -02:05:14.51 (-2.0873629)
Discovery date: 2026-04-10 09:25:44.002 (JD=2461140.8928704)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-10 09:25:44.002
Flux: 20.3552 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-03 10:51:14
Limiting flux: 19.061 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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